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Finance and funding
A new way to pay for innovative drugs, provide universal access and not break the bank

Louisiana, which has a severe hepatitis C problem, is on the cusp of proving to other states that drug companies can make the money they need, while every Medicaid recipient who needs a cure gets one. The state is now on a path to secure immediate treatment for all infected prisoners and people on Medicaid by buying a license from a drug company. It is a concept that can be applied to other ground breaking remedies.

Published
28 February 2019
From
The Conversation
Access to medicines and treatment
Analysis: How a cutting edge medicine made it to South Africa’s new ARV tender

South Africa’s recently awarded antiretroviral (ARV) tender, worth around R14-billion over three years, heralds the introduction of a much-anticipated new medicine called dolutegravir into the public healthcare system from July 2019. For a cutting-edge HIV drug to reach the public sector so quickly, and at such a low price, is unprecedented.

Published
27 February 2019
From
Spotlight
Access to medicines and treatment
The Good Law Project threatens Judicial Review of Serious Shortage Protocols

The Good Law Project has today threatened to issue judicial review proceedings on Tuesday 26 February unless Government cancels powers to allow pharmacists to alter prescriptions for people with serious medical conditions in the event of medicines shortages. The powers – called “Serious Shortage Protocols” (SSPs) – give pharmacists the right to supply a different quantity or pharmaceutical quality of medicine in the event of the country experiencing a serious shortage of prescription-only medicines after 29 March 2019. These new powers took force on 9 February, and have been criticised for being rushed out without proper consultation with patient and clinical groups.

Published
24 February 2019
From
Good Law Project
Migrants, refugees and displaced people
'I came to Peru to survive': Venezuelans migrating for HIV drugs

Darwin Zerpa is among those who have fled to Peru to get the antiretrovirals he needs. Now he counsels others with the virus.

Published
24 February 2019
From
The Guardian
Access to medicines and treatment
US: The struggle to maintain access to lifesaving HIV meds

President Trump actually proposed a plan in his State of the Union address to end the HIV epidemic in America by 2030. This lofty goal would be thwarted, however, by proposed changes to Medicare Part D that jeopardize the advancements we’ve made in the fight against HIV.

Published
24 February 2019
From
Washington Blade
Undetectable viral load and treatment as prevention
Viral Load Does Not Equal Value

Are We Shaming Those Who Are Detectable? To contend with this issue and fight the epidemic, we must confront structural barriers and address stigma. What’s more, we must imagine new ways to provide community support beyond offering only clinical solutions.

Published
20 February 2019
From
POZ
Access to medicines and treatment
HIV Situation Is “Critical” in Venezuela as Military Withholds Meds

“We are scared for the safety of our activists and call upon the global community to help the people of Venezuela living with HIV.”

Published
20 February 2019
From
Poz
Access to medicines and treatment
Migrants wrongly told to pay for NHS care upfront, minister admits

Hospitals have wrongly told some migrants needing urgent care to pay for it in advance even though they qualified for free treatment on the NHS, the government has admitted for the first time.

Published
18 February 2019
From
The Guardian
Access to medicines and treatment
Trading in Venezuela's pain: Border vendors do brisk business in meds

With the HIV virus killing him, Giovanni Plaza fled Venezuela and was able in neighboring Colombia to receive desperately needed anti-retroviral medicine for free. Some of his compatriots have not been as lucky -- reduced to buying smuggled drugs of dubious quality.

Published
11 February 2019
From
France 24
Access to medicines and treatment
Tackling HIV and hepatitis C in Europe: towards minimum standards

Despite the huge disparities in care that were highlighted, last week's Standard of Care for HIV and Coinfections in Europe meeting in Bucharest featured discussions that could form

Published
08 February 2019
By
Gus Cairns
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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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