Has access to life-saving AIDS medicines improved in poor countries?
World AIDS Day Feature: International panel to discuss pharmaceutical industry announcements and initiatives: Conference Call with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, Treatment Action Campaign (South Africa), and the Health GAP Coalition (U.S.) When: Tuesday, November 28 at 1 PM (immediately following UNAIDS conference call) What: Progress report of announced pharmaceutical industry initiative. In the past year, drug companies have made numerous announcements of price reductions for HIV medicines as well as other AIDS initiatives targeting poor nations. While no drugs have reached people with HIV so far, more announcements expected on World AIDS Day. Discussion will include: • drug company announcements anticipated for World AIDS Day (December 1); • status report on pharmaceutical industry price reduction offers as well as other initiatives announced during the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa; • how announced offers dissuade nations from engaging sus
