Letter to Prime Minister Stephen Harper re: Global Treatment Access Group
Download and send this letter to the Prime Minister and your local member of Parliament.
Publication Language: French
The Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa Act and its Impact on Improving Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment in Developing Countries
This document assesses some of the measures taken recently to improve access to more affordable ARV therapy in developing countries. It provides a synopsis of the key WTO rules and developments, and of the Canadian law, the concrete benefits of which have yet to be realized.
Intellectual Property and Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment – Case Studies
Until now, India, Brazil and Thailand have been among the biggest generic ARV producers, both for their own people and for export. This production has been crucial for the supply of affordable treatment in the developing world. It has resulted in competition between producers, which has reduced the price of many ARVs from as much … Read more
Network News 23 – June 2006
In this issue: Legal Network challenges federal crime bill Federal AIDS funding: more administration, less action? 15th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research Legal Network represented at high-level UN meeting Legal Network contributes to CARICOM meeting on HIV and human rights Canadian Coalition of People Who Use Drugs Legal Network discusses sex worker rights with … Read more
Address to a panel discussion at the United Nations 2006 High-Level Meeting on AIDS
“We struggle to know the shape of an effective and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS. It is perhaps simpleminded, but still, I think, crucial to suggest that we cannot succeed in fi nding an effective response if our analyses of HIV/AIDS are separate or abstract from the real-life situations of those who stand most directly in … Read more
Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Offences: Why Everyone Loses
There has recently been a movement on the part of the newly elected federal government to consider mandatory sentences and stiff penalties for drug offenders. However, scientific evidence indicates that mandatory minimum sentences only worsen the health-related harms associated with incarceration by increasing the transmission of infectious disease in prisons.
Prison Needle Exchange: Lessons from a Comprehensive Review of International Evidence and Experience (Second Edition, 2006)
This report examines the issue of prison needle exchange based upon the international experience and evidence current to April 2006. The authors undertook a literature review, visited prisons in four countries, and corresponded with people responsible for administering prison needle exchange programs. The report provides a comprehensive review of the evidentiary and legal basis for … Read more