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Confidentiality, consent and medical ethics
Migrants' Rights Network Legal Challenge against NHS Data-Sharing Deal

Charity to challenge secret Home Office-NHS data-sharing deal that puts migrants off seeking vital medical help. Submission to the High Court argues agreement violates patients’ right to privacy under the Human Rights Act.

Published
09 November 2017
From
Migrants' Rights Network
Activism
Gilead Continues To Block Ireland From Sourcing Generic Truvada

Gilead Sciences, the company that supplies Ireland with the drug Truvada, will have a full court hearing in mid-October to determine whether the Irish Health and Safety Executive (HSE) can source a generic analogue of the drug from the pharmaceutical giant’s competitors. In July, GCN reported that Gilead was taking legal action to stop the HSE from securing generic drug from Actavis and Mylan, the company’s competitors, for the purposes of HIV prevention as PrEP.

Published
16 October 2017
From
Gay Community News
Access to medicines and treatment
Doctors Are Worried That NHS Charges Will Stop Vulnerable Patients Getting The Treatment They Need

Overseas patients will soon be legally required to pay upfront for some NHS treatments, which many professionals say will get in the way of treating them safely.

Published
13 October 2017
From
BuzzFeed
Access to medicines and treatment
Protesters stage London demo against plans for patient ID checks

Critics fear checks will destroy relationship NHS staff have with patients and create climate of fear that stops people accessing care

Published
02 October 2017
From
The Guardian
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
Gay Male Immigrants May be at High Risk of HIV Infection Due to Stigma

MSM migrants are potentially affected by stigmas directed toward sexual minorities and toward immigrants.

Published
04 September 2017
From
Yale School of Public Health
Tuberculosis and HIV
Ensuring Migrants Have Access To HIV, TB Treatment Critical To Reversing Epidemics In Eastern Europe, Central Asia

Michel Kazatchkine: There must be a halt to the deportation of migrants based on health status in the countries where it is still in practice; the region needs to ensure migrants have access to HIV services, including ART, and to full course TB/MDR-TB treatment in the host country; national and regional responses around infectious diseases like HIV and TB urgently need to be reviewed to include migrants as a vulnerable group.

Published
27 March 2017
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report / Huffington Post
TB treatment
WHO issues ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients

New tuberculosis (TB) ethics guidance, launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO), aims to help ensure that countries implementing the End TB Strategy adhere to sound ethical standards to protect the rights of all those affected.

Published
23 March 2017
From
World Health Organization
Access to medicines and treatment
Pregnant women without legal status 'too afraid to seek NHS care'

Growing number of women who fear being reported to Home Office or being hit with high bills are avoiding NHS, charities say.

Published
21 March 2017
From
The Guardian
Tuberculosis and HIV
Tuberculosis deaths fall in Europe

The number of people developing and dying from tuberculosis (TB) is falling in Europe, but among the most vulnerable - including migrants, prisoners and people who are HIV positive - there have been worrying increases, data showed on Monday.

Published
21 March 2017
From
Reuters
Ethnic and cultural minorities
Report highlights sexual health barriers for gay Asian men in New South Wales

The research shows that sexual practices among gay Asian men in Sydney have changed over recent years. Rates of condomless intercourse with casual partners have increased to 37 per cent from 14 per cent in 2002, now on par with the general gay community. ACON call for effective strategies to enhance HIV prevention and education in the community.

Published
23 February 2017
From
Star Observer
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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