One year after the touted announcement by the G8 of the creation of the Global Fund, the contribution by rich countries, among which most EU Members, is not 10% of original targets. Where is the promised US$ 10 billion ? The Global Fund’s coffers have been almost emptied by its first disbursement round.
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In the 12 months since the Genoa summit, 3 million people have died of aids. By 2015 if the trend is (...)
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European Union : Where is the US$ 10 billion ?
10 juillet 2002 -
AIDS in Africa : Coca-Cola Lets Its Workers Die
14 octobre 2002An international coalition of AIDS activists, from Harare to Paris, from Casablanca to Atlanta, from Bangkok to New York, is organizing a global protest movement against Coca-Cola on October 16 and 17, 2002.
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Problems with the Coke’s Initiative
14 octobre 2002– No medical care for family members other than employees and their spouses
– Out-of-pocket costs for workers for the purchase of medicines will prove to be an unsurmountable barrier to access for most of them
– No commitment to using the least costly medicines( generics instead of brand-name drugs)
– No promise to sustain the initiative over the long-term and thus uphold continuity of a coherent program for sick people
– An unreliable cost-sharing scheme between Coca-Cola and its (...) -
G8 Summit : after 7 years of leading international AIDS advocacy, will Chirac let Bush wreck all his efforts ?
29 mai 2003On May 21, 2003, George Bush challenged Jacques Chirac when he declared : « When I go to the G8 next week, I will challenge our partners to match their good intentions with real financial resources and to announce a financial commitment (on a par with the three billion dollars the US will raise to fight AIDS) to save even more lives.
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July 13th - 16th - Paris AIDS Conference : Meet activists from all over the world !
8 juillet 2003On the occasion of the 2nd International AIDS Society’s conference (IAS), taking place July 13-16 in Paris (Palais des Congrès), the French group TRT-5 and the Community Liaison Committee (CLC) invite you to meet activists from all over the world, Sunday July 13th at 4.20 p.m., for the closing session of the Community Forum.
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Laboratories secure the future
Since one year, pressured by growing international mobilization, pharmaceutical laboratories are trying to improve their image without however, relinquishing control of the markets.
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Criminalization : stop
29 juillet 2002Criminalization opposes any effective policy of HIV prevention and practice of responsibility. But that’s not all.
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U.S. co-sponsored meeting could jeopardize access to medicines
22 novembre 2002Advocates join Nigerian organizations in call for greater involvement of public health experts, consumers, people living with HIV/AIDS in writing crucial intellectual property bill.
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Our Protest Movement
14 octobre 2002On October 16 and 17 protest actions against Coca-Cola will take place in many countries to denounce Coca-Cola’s refusal to pay for the treatment of its employees.
Demonstrations are planned in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Morocco and other African countries as well as in Thailand, Canada, Portugal, Japan, Norway, India, Great Britain and the United States.
The organizations sponsoring the Global Day of Protest against Coca-Cola : Health GAP, ACT UP New York, ACT UP (...) -
October 16-17 : a global protest movement against Coca-Cola
14 octobre 2002An international coalition of AIDS activists, from Harare to Paris, from Casablanca to Atlanta, from Bangkok to New York, is organizing a global protest movement against Coca-Cola on October 16 and 17, 2002. This coalition has been demanding that Coca-Cola and other multinational corporations in developing countries provide medical treatment for all their workers living with HIV/AIDS.
– AIDS in Africa : Coca-Cola Lets Its Workers Die
– Problems with the Coke’s Initiative
– Coca-Cola is (...)