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Treatment 2.0: An investment in ideas proposed in Treatment 2.0 will mean we can treat more people living with HIV, reduce the number of people who will become infected with HIV, reduce TB rates, improve maternal and child health, engage affected communities in healthcare and in service delivery, protect human rights, and save significant resources to further strengthen healthcare systems.
Contributors: David Barr, Meg Davis, Gus Cairns, Joanne Csete, Brook Baker
UNAIDS and Global Fund pushing for D4T in India and elsewhere: Rather than pushing for a switch to TDF, some experts at the Indian Technical Resource Group on ART meeting (August 19-20) were pushing to retain Stavudine (d4T), a cheaper but more toxic nucleoside reserve transcriptase inhibitor, as part of the national guidelines. What are the rationale behind this for UNAIDS, Global Fund and the governments?
Contributors: Gregg Gonsalves, John Rock, Odilon Couzin, Simon Collins, Sharonann Lynch, Karyn Kaplan, Marco Gomes, Dr. Toku Yeptomi, Loon Gangte, Lydia Mungherera
Celebrating a new constitution in Kenya, while violating the human rights of people with TB: TB patients in Kenya are being sentenced to eight months in prison for not taking their tablets as prescribed. Part of the reason for their defaulting has been persistent use of local brews and non-adherence to treatment despite having had DOT supporters assigned to them. Local public health officers escorted the patients and had them tried in a local court. This is clearly an issue of human right violations and medical malpractice. The lack of public health system capacity and sub-standard provisions are not the fault of people living with diseases. Civil society groups investigated the case, filed a constitutional case under a certificate of urgency to seek their release and wrote a comprehensive advisory note to the relevant ministries and key government offices in Kenya.
Contributors: Nelson Otwoma, Chakaya Muhwa, Lucy Wambura, John Wasonga, Dr. Joseph Siteinei, Njuguna madan, Eva Pingoma, Michael Gwaba, Tita Isaac, Calle Almeedal, Pervaiz Tufail, Case Gordon, Steven Amolo, Lucy Chesire, Javid Syed, Albert Kombo, Francis Apina, Dorothy Onyango, Allen Maleche
Take action!
If I were in charge: Imagine if you were in charge, having the authority to make the world’s largest funding decisions for global health. Only half of HIV positive women around the world have access to treatment for preventing HIV passing to their newborns. Many of the current efforts to eliminate vertical transmission of HIV have failed to reach the very group it was designed for. Give your creative ideas on how to improve current PMTCT programmes. Click here to take action
This action is part of the campaign Four 4 Women, built on the successes of ITPC/TMAP Missing the Target 7 country teams who undertook advocacy at national and global levels. The website www.four4women.org is a resource for advocates working on this issue, bringing together current policy and scientific documents, serving as a tool for E-campaigning and providing a forum to coordinate actions across countries and partner organizations.
Regional postings
Africa
Swaziland: Regional advocacy organization calls for release of detained activists and for government action to address social challenges (Press release), Union call for quality health care (news)
Asia
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Russia: Activists in streets of Moscow chaining themselves to stop treatment stock-outs , Activists hold press conference in Moscow against treatment interruption (report back from activists)
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America and Western Europe
New resources:
Treatment Action Group’s 2010 Pipeline Report: Report on all the latest developments in the treatment pipeline for hepatitis C and hepatitis B, HIV, and Tuberculosis
The 2010 NGO consultation results on stigma and discrimination: Compiled results are organized into six short reports. The global summary includes regional comparisons and the five regional reports. URL:www.pcbngo.org
Untangling the web of antiretroviral price reductions: Produced by MSF, the report provides a window into the evolution of ARV prices and sheds light on the continuing gaps in treatments needed for patients in developing countries.
Opportunities:
amfAR MSM funding: Award of up to $20,000 USD to support innovative HIV/AIDS-related, community-led projects that increase access to HIV services among MSM in Africa. Application deadline is October 5, 5 pm NYC time (GMT/UTC 9 pm). Visit www.amfar.org/grants for detailed information.
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