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Move Pandemic Talks Out of Geneva for True Equity, says AHF

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木曜日, 5月 30, 2024
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) calls for relocating the ongoing Pandemic Agreement negotiations out of Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) calls for relocating the ongoing Pandemic Agreement negotiations out of Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Citing concerns over transparency, accessibility, and inclusiveness, AHF advocates for a more globally inclusive venue that ensures equitable participation from all countries, particularly of the Global South.
  • Yesterday, Bolivia, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic advocated for a more inclusive approach that better integrates smaller delegations into the negotiating process.
  • This will show a new spirit, the spirit of equity and solidarity that is needed for a successful pandemic agreement.

Global SOS: Urgent Call to Revamp Pandemic Negotiations

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火曜日, 5月 28, 2024
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US EDT) to comment on the stalled Pandemic Agreement negotiations taking place this week at the World Health Assembly (WHA).

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  • US EDT) to comment on the stalled Pandemic Agreement negotiations taking place this week at the World Health Assembly (WHA).
  • “We urge world leaders to not settle for a ‘status quo’ and extend the negotiations long enough to ensure we have a Pandemic Agreement that enshrines equity as a fundamental tenet of global public health.
  • We need an Agreement that protects all nations from future global health emergencies.
  • The virtual press conference is a part of AHF’s global advocacy campaign called “SOS: Save Our Society”.

Menstrual Health Day: We Must End Period Poverty, says AHF

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火曜日, 5月 28, 2024
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This year, in partnership with The Period Abundance Foundation and with support from The Period Company (Period.

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  • This year, in partnership with The Period Abundance Foundation and with support from The Period Company (Period.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Observed annually on May 28, Menstrual Health Day raises awareness about the importance of menstrual health education and resources like Period.
  • For these reasons and more, on this Menstrual Health Day, we must do all we can to end period poverty worldwide.”
    An estimated 1.8 billion people menstruate globally, yet 500 million will experience period poverty—including the lack of access to menstrual health products, safe and clean facilities, and accepting communities.
  • This Menstrual Health Day – let’s end period poverty and end the stigma.

AHF: CDC Reports Show U.S. Must Do More to Control HIV

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木曜日, 5月 23, 2024
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“Prevention efforts are lacking, which is evident given the substantial number of new HIV infections in 2022.

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  • “Prevention efforts are lacking, which is evident given the substantial number of new HIV infections in 2022.
  • “For people living with HIV, viral suppression leads to healthy living, and it ensures no further transmission of HIV.
  • With public health funding for HIV and STIs diminishing every year, it is clear a reinvigorated plan is needed to combat the HIV epidemic in the US.
  • America’s retention in care efforts are failing people living with HIV, and it shows in the decrease in viral suppression.

Enshrining Inequity is Immoral: Vote No on the Pandemic Agreement, says AHF

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火曜日, 5月 21, 2024
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This is why the signing of any pandemic agreement must be grounded in clear commitments and binding obligations to operationalize equity.

Key Points: 
  • This is why the signing of any pandemic agreement must be grounded in clear commitments and binding obligations to operationalize equity.
  • The Pandemic Access and Benefit Sharing System (PABS), under Article 12 of the pandemic agreement, is a major way of addressing global health inequity.
  • “At all stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, developing countries struggled to obtain equitable access to all kinds of pandemic-related health products.
  • “AHF was among the first organizations to promote and publish a proposal for a new global public health convention , but the current proposal for the pandemic agreement could do more harm than good by enshrining inequity.

World Still in the Dark on COVID-19’s Origins, says AHF

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木曜日, 5月 16, 2024
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AHF issued a press release on Feb. 9, 2021, raising concerns about conflicts of interest among a World Health Organization (WHO) team of scientists dispatched to Wuhan, China, to study the origins of COVID-19.

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  • AHF issued a press release on Feb. 9, 2021, raising concerns about conflicts of interest among a World Health Organization (WHO) team of scientists dispatched to Wuhan, China, to study the origins of COVID-19.
  • In 2020, he co-authored a Lancet article that characterized hypotheses that diverged from the idea that COVID-19 originated in wildlife as misinformation and conspiracy theories.
  • Whatever the origin of COVID-19, China and EcoHealth have not made answering this important question any easier.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare
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Bloodshot Billboards: Eye Syphilis is Serious

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火曜日, 5月 7, 2024
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    Cases of syphilis are on the rise nationwide, and according to CNN , researchers in Chicago found more than two dozen cases last year of patients reporting unusual symptoms, such as vision and eye problems consistent with ocular syphilis.
  • “Syphilis itself is at an all-time high, and cases of ocular syphilis are likely to be underreported,” said Dr. Michael Dube, National Medical Director for AHF’s Public Health Division.
  • All five women had ocular syphilis from sexual contact with the same man who had asymptomatic syphilis.
  • If a client diagnosed with syphilis has any new issues with their eyes, they should be screened for ocular syphilis.

Pandemic Accord Is 20% Health Equity and 80% Inequity, Says AHF

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火曜日, 5月 7, 2024
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Specifically, the comment refers to Article 12 of the Accord, which deals with the World Health Organization (WHO) Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (PABS).

Key Points: 
  • Specifically, the comment refers to Article 12 of the Accord, which deals with the World Health Organization (WHO) Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (PABS).
  • “According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), there are currently 152 developing countries where 6.82 billion people live, or 85.4% of the world's population.
  • If we fail to enshrine equity as a fundamental principle of global public health, all countries will be forced to pay many times over.
  • To learn more about the AHF Global Public Health Institute, visit https://ahfinstitute.org/ .

Deadliest Mpox Crisis Demands Global Action Now, says AHF

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月曜日, 5月 6, 2024
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As the Democratic Republic of the Congo fights its deadliest mpox outbreak in history, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) urges global cooperation for the response to the fullest extent possible to ensure the DRC and the continent have adequate resources and equitable access to lifesaving vaccines.

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  • As the Democratic Republic of the Congo fights its deadliest mpox outbreak in history, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) urges global cooperation for the response to the fullest extent possible to ensure the DRC and the continent have adequate resources and equitable access to lifesaving vaccines.
  • According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, mpox is endemic in 12 African countries.
  • “The current mpox outbreak is worrisome on multiple levels.
  • This outbreak deserves the world’s urgent and immediate attention,” said AHF Africa Bureau Chief Dr. Penninah Iutung.

AHF Backs FTC Challenge to Big Pharma Junk Patents

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金曜日, 5月 3, 2024
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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) voiced support for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) taking action this week to challenge several major pharmaceutical companies, including GSK, for anticompetitive use of so-called junk patents that prevent generic competition and keep drug prices artificially high.

Key Points: 
  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) voiced support for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) taking action this week to challenge several major pharmaceutical companies, including GSK, for anticompetitive use of so-called junk patents that prevent generic competition and keep drug prices artificially high.
  • “Big pharma is abusing the patent system by filing multiple derivative patents on existing drugs – which is not innovation – it’s greed.
  • AHF has worked closely with civil society partners to address these abuses.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare
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