206,937 signatures delivered to Danaher and Cepheid
Today, October 17, the Time For $5 coalition, alongside other global health activists, went to hand-deliver these petition signatures to Danaher at their headquarters in Washington, DC.
Campaign updates
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MSF and partners protest medical test maker Cepheid and Danaher at International AIDS Conference
MSF protested at the International AIDS Conference held in Munich, alongside activists and civil society partners from the Time for $5 campaign.
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Hidden Costs: GeneXpert Tests and Danaher’s Delayed Audit
GeneXpert diagnostic tests have simplified testing for diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), HIV and hepatitis C, but people in low- and middle-income countries struggle to access these tests due to their high prices.
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Open letter to Danaher employees
MSF and other partners in the Time for $5 campaign sent an open letter to the employees of Danaher and its affiliate companies.
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Watch our webinar on access to affordable TB tests!
In case you missed it, watch our webinar on ensuring global access to TB tests from the Canadian perspective.
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Join our webinar on the Canadian perspective on access to affordable TB tests
Join our webinar, 'Ensuring global access to affordable diagnostics for tuberculosis: A Canadian perspective' with Stop TB Canada & PIH Canada.
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Poland's Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases joins calls for affordable tests
Poland’s Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases sent a letter to Danaher and Cepheid, demanding a reduction in the price for their test cartridges.
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Danaher shareholders join the campaign
Calls are even coming from inside Danaher’s house, as shareholders speak up on the GeneXpert test prices.
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Americas TB Coalition speaks out demanding fair prices for tests
Activists from 17 countries in Latin America sent a letter to Danaher and Cepheid asking them to make their tests affordable for all.
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7 countries voice support for the Time for $5 campaign
The Ministries of Health of Belarus, Ghana and Sierra Leone, among others, have sent open letters to Danaher and Cepheid advocating for a price reduction of GeneXpert tests.
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Time for $5 goes global!
The Time for $5 petition has reached tens of thousands of people in 176 countries (and counting!), who have come out to ask Danaher & Cepheid to drop the price!
