Publications

At this session, Brigitte Zirger (Health Canada), Prof. David H. Mwakyusa (Minister for Health and Social Welfare – Tanzania), Bruce Clark (Apotex), Anil Soni (Clinton Foundation), Rachel Kiddell-Monroe (Médecins Sans Frontières) and Richard Elliott (Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network) will present their perspectives on their experience with the Canadian law and the 2003 WTO decision, and … Read more

Download and send this letter to the Prime Minister and your local member of Parliament.

The model law resource consists of eight modules, addressing the following issues: – Criminal law reform – Treatment for drug dependence – Sterile syringe programs – Supervised drug consumption facilities – Prisons – Outreach and information – Stigma and discrimination – Heroin prescription programs Each of the eight modules in this series is a stand-alone … Read more

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

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.

“On July 1, 2006 the Departments of Industry and Health published, in Part I of the Canada Gazette, the proposed text of an order to amend Schedule 1 to the Patent Act to add “oseltamivir phosphate”, in both capsule form as well as in powder for oral suspension, to the list of patented pharmaceutical products … Read more

“As Canada’s national HIV/AIDS organizations and as partners in the Federal Initiative on HIV/AIDS, we write to ask you to extend the regulatory exemption allowing Insite, Vancouver’s safe injection facility, to continue its life-saving work…”

There are increasing calls by public health authorities and policy-makers to modify or abandon the well-established model of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV in favour of models that do not necessarily preserve the elements of informed consent, pre- and post-test counselling and confi dentiality of test results. This report summarizes the conclusions of … Read more

Joint written statement submitted by: Action Canada for Population and Development, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Global Rights, International Service for Human Rights, International Women\’s Health Coalition, and Women for Women’s Human Rights (New Ways), non-governmental organizations in special consultative status.