Access to Medicines – Page 25

Generic Drugs Bill Still Not in Force One Year Later – Coalition calls on all parties in the House of Commons to cooperate on final procedural hurdle

September 25, 2022May 4, 2005

Letter to Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam re: Patent (Amendment) Bill 2005

September 25, 2022March 26, 2005

“We write to you to express our deepest concern that recent amendments to India’s patent legislation will lead to unnecessary suffering and death for millions of people in your country and in many others, particularly in the developing world. We urge you to send the Patent (Amendment) Bill 2005 back to Parliament for reconsideration, so … Read more

HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(3) December 2004

October 4, 2022December 1, 2004

FEATURES Still underground: searching for progress in realizing the human rights of women in prostitution Steps forward, backward, and sideways: Canada’s bill on exporting generic pharmaceuticals EDITORIAL High time to vastly scale up action on human rights CANADIAN NEWS Ontario: Police disclose HIV status of accused under Police Services Act BC: Campaign launched to protect … Read more

Steps forward, backward, and sideways: Canada’s bill on exporting generic pharmaceuticals – HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(3)

October 4, 2022December 1, 2004

This article is the second in a series tracing the evolution of Canada’s legislation. It reviews the developments leading up to the adoption of Bill C-9 in its final form, and analyzes its positive and negative aspects. Hopefully, other advocates can learn from this experience and other countries can avoid replicating the negative aspects as … Read more

Canada Should Send Message on Bush AIDS Policies During State Visit – Ideological pandering undermines effective response to global AIDS pandemic

September 25, 2022November 29, 2004

Human Rights Group Warns Initiative Could Fail – Calls on generic companies and the federal government to take action

September 25, 2022November 19, 2004

Letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin re: Cancellation of the Debts of the Poorest Countries

September 25, 2022September 29, 2004

“Perhaps more than any other G7 leader, you are aware of the importance of debt cancellation for impoverished countries, and the failures of past strategies to address the debt issue. Despite important gains secured by current debt relief strategies, poor countries still spend more on debt service than on health and education. Countries in Africa … Read more

Annual Report 2003-2004

September 25, 2022August 30, 2004

Human rights and HIV/AIDS in the context of 3 by 5: time for new directions? – HIV/AIDS Policy and Law Review 9(2), August 2004

October 4, 2022August 1, 2004

Over the last decade, the success of the human rights–based approach to HIV/AIDS has been spotty, says Mark Heywood. In this feature article, the author describes the challenges that remain in implementing a human rights approach. He presents an analysis of questions raised by De Cock et al concerning the applicability of the human rights … Read more

Programming HIV/AIDS: a human rights approach – A tool for international development and community-based organizations responding to HIV/AIDS (Canadian version)

September 25, 2022August 1, 2004

The tool was prepared with reference to Government of Canada policies and practices, and the primary audience is program staff in Canada in non-governmental development organizations community based AIDS organizations the private sector who prepare funding proposals, and manage and evaluate projects or programs, which address HIV/AIDS and related issues in developing countries and countries … Read more