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Quebec: An outbreak of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination – HIV/AIDS Policy & Law Review 9(1), August 2004
In the space of a few weeks in January 2004, actions by three different institutions in Quebec combined to threaten the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, raise the spectre of mandatory HIV testing, and create unnecessary public fears about the spread of HIV infection. In response to what they called “the worst weeks … Read more
HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(1) April 2004
FEATURE HIV treatments, vaccines, and microbicides: toward coordinated advocacy CANADIAN NEWS Québec: An outbreak of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination Alberta: New bill will allow for mandatory HIV testing in emergency situations Media frenzy greets release of Newfoundland man from prison Health Canada makes marijuana available for medical use AIDS in the workplace: a program that’s … Read more
HIV treatments, vaccines, and microbicides: toward coordinated advocacy – HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(1), April 2004
In November 2003, the Legal Network convened a meeting in Montréal of global experts working in the fields of treatments, vaccines, and microbicides.The meeting was historic in that it was the first occasion on which advocates from the three fields had the opportunity to meet and exchange views on policy priorities. In this article, John … Read more
HIV/AIDS and the Privacy of Health Information
This is a series of seven info sheets: The Importance of Privacy of Health Information for People Living with HIV/AIDS Privacy, Confidentiality, and Privilege: Related Legal Concepts Legal Protection of Privacy and Confidentiality in Canadian Law Privacy Principles Limits on Privacy and Confidentiality of Health Information Patient Confidentiality and Preventing Harm to Others Privacy Protection … Read more
HIV/AIDS and Pharmaceutical Pricing
This info sheet is one in a series of seven info sheets on the federal regulation of pharmaceutical prices in Canada. Health Spending and the Pharmaceutical Industry Controlling Medicine Prices: Evolution of Canadian Law Patented Medicine Prices Review Board Preventing Excessive Pricing of Patented Medicines Jurisdiction of the PMPRB Pricing of HIV/AIDS Drugs Trends in … Read more
Letter to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology re: Bill C-9, An Act to amend the Patent Act and the Food and Drugs Act
“I write to follow up on our previous submissions to the Standing Committee regarding Bill C-9, Canada’s laudable initiative to implement the WTO General Council Decision of August 30, 2003 to enable countries lacking sufficient pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity to ‘make effective use’ of compulsory licensing to obtain lower cost generic pharmaceutical products manufactured in Canada…”
Letter to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology re: Bill C-9 and the issue of NGO procurement of Canadian-made phramaceuticals
“As was requested by the Committee when we appeared before you on February 26, 2004, we have provided the Committee with our supplementary submissions regarding the alternatives to the ‘right of refusal’ that had been proposed to the Committee… “However, discussions at subsequent Committee meetings have indicated that Committee members are under a fundamental misapprehension … Read more