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Interview with Zachie Achmat

Achmat and the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) have led the campaign on the streets, in a bid to force a change in government policy on the treatment of HIV/Aids.

http://allafrica.com/stories/200305290027.html

WHO and HAI launch new pricing study

The World Health Organization (WHO) and Health Action International (HAI) announce the release today of Medicine Prices, a pricing manual outlining how to collect and analyse data for 30 widely-used medicines.

Email the Documentation Centre at WHO EDM to obtain a copy:
edmdoccentre@who.int

Data from the pilot studies will be available on HAI’s web site:
http://www.haiweb.org/medicineprices

Indian drug-maker leads the charge for low-cost AIDS drugs

amfARs ‘Treat Asia’ – March 2003

Interview with Cipla CEO Yusuf Hamied

http://www.amfar.org/cgi-bin/iowa/asia/news/index.html?record=3

Predicting the public health impact of antiretrovirals: preventing HIV in developing countries

Sally M. Blower and Paul Farmer

Researchers from UCLA and Harvard Medical School argue, that antiretrovirals should be considered as a prevention tool and not simply as a therapeutic tool.

http://aidscience.org/Articles/AIDScience033.asp

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