Article by Andrew Jack in Financial Times (15 December 2009)
Nine western pharmaceutical companies face fresh pressure to ease control over their HIV medicines following the establishment of an international mechanism designed to increase treatment access in the developing world.
The board of Unitaid, the French-backed health funding agency, voted on Tuesday to create a “patent pool” [...]
Financial Times, May 19 2009, by Frances Williams in Geneva
An initiative aimed at bridging the funding gap to meet basic health needs in developing countries is due to be launched in Geneva today by Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations secretary-general.
The UN says that in addition to government aid pledges billions of dollars are needed to [...]
Depuis sa mise en place en 2006, une trentaine de pays ont rejoint UNITAID. En 2009, les fonds récoltés dans ces pays adhérents s’élèveront à 400 millions de dollars par an. Des fonds pérennes, contrairement aux aides des Etats, qui permettent de financer le traitement de trois grands pandémies : sida, tuberculose et paludisme.
En un [...]
