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PRESS CENTER
GTAC & HEALTH GAP COALITION PRESS RELEASES
Year 2001 | Year 2000< | Year 1999
- 18 December 2000 (Cape Town) TAC's Biozole 101% Equivalent to Pfizer's Diflucan according to an independent test conducted by a laboratory regularly used by by the Medicines Control Council. Read TAC's press release
- 1 DECEMBER 2000 Health GAP releases press statement: Glaxo SmithKline Snatches Drugs from Poor Ghanaians with AIDS. Jean-Pierre Garier, CEO "Makes a Difference" through Lies and Drug Profiteering. Press Statement
- 30 NOVEMBER 2000 (Cape Town) Medicines Control Council grants a conditional Section 21 exemption for the distribution of generic Fluconazole in South Africa. Read TAC Press Statement.
- 30 NOVEMBER 2000 (Philadelphia) People with AIDS Protest at World's Largest Drug Company (Glaxo SmithKline) & Party Office(s) of Next US President, Casting Votes for Debt Cancellation, Generic Drug Access on "World AIDS Crisis" Ballot. ACT UP Philadelphia Press Release.
- 30 November 2000 (New York) Médecins Sans Frontières press statement: Six Months After Durban: Have AIDS Drug Prices for the poor been "slashed"? Press Statement
- 29 NOVEMBER 2000 (New York) Health GAP Coalition releases World AIDS Day Report Card: Has Access to Life-Saving AIDS Medicines improved in poor countries? Read online or download the PDF file.
- 7 NOVEMBER 2000 (Nairobi) The Kenya Coalition on Access to Essential Medicines urges the Kenyan government to carefully examine the extent of price reductions proposed as part of the by UNAIDS/5 ARV AIDS drugs initiaitive. The Coalition warns o the impact on more long-term rights and means of access to life-saving medicines. Read Press Release.
- 4 NOVEMBER 2000 (Glenside, Pennsylvania)AIDS activists disrupt George Bush's rally. Cite life-threatening barriers to AIDS drugs in Texas; Condemn "Bush AIDS disaster" Read Press Release
- 10 OCTOBER 2000 AIDS Activists to target Bush on Mass Protest. Activists charge unlucky Candidate Bush with "Texas AIDS Disaster"; Bush's ties to drug industry "deadly" for millions denied affordable generic AIDS drugs. Read Press Advisory | Press Statement
- 4 OCTOBER 2000 (Geneva) WHO's new "Massive Effort" to address HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria is based on a faulty premise, according Médecins Sans Frontières at the United Nations Geneva headquarters. MSF press statement
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21 SEPTEMBER 2000 (Paris)
Activists respond to World Bank's announcement to establish $500 million fund for emergency loans to fight AIDS. ACT UP Paris Press Statement
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20 SEPTEMBER 2000 (Media, Pennsylvania)
AIDS ACTIVISTS DISRUPT George W. Bush'S RALLY: Condemn Bush plans to reverse Clinton/Gore Executive Order on global AIDS crisis; citing horrendous record on health and AIDS in Texas. ACT UP Press release
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7 SEPTEMBER 2000 (New York City)
ACT UP New York Press Release: At Pfizer's world headquarters in Manhattan, activists demand life-saving drugs for poor countries. ACT UP protests United Nations "bluewashing" Pfizer's public image despite killer price-gouging. ACT UP Press release
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09 JULY 2000 (Durban)
TAC Announces Next Steps: MTCT; Compulsory license against Pfizer; Defiance Campaign against drug companies- importation of essential medicines; Launch of national Treatment Action Council.
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09 JULY 2000 (Durban)
Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Health Gap deliver MEMORANDUM at end of the Global AIDS March
Global Manifesto to Save 34 Million Lives: Measures Needed to Rapidly Expand Access to Essential Treatments for HIV/AIDS.
Read the memo online | Download Memorandum
- 25 MAY 2000 (Durban) Joint Statement: TAC and & the XIII International AIDS Conference: The Treatment Action Campaign march against pharmaceutical giants and governments - planned to coincide with the opening day of the 13th International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa in July, will be peaceful and legal. The march has been endorsed by trade unions and many local and international organisations.
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20 MAY 2000 (Geneva) ACT UP Statement: Limited Victory Emerges from World Health Assembly. Delegations from Zimbabwe, Swaziland and other developing nations to the 53rd World Health Assembly withstood an intense pressure campaign from wealthy nations over proposals that would lead to improved, sustainable access to generic versions of AIDS medicines.
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11 MAY 2000: AIDS activists campaigning for affordable access to life extending AIDS treatments met announcement of a "joint
agreement" between UNAIDS and major AIDS drug manufactures with deep skepticism.Read ACT UP Philadelphia press release
- 10 MAY 2000 (Touraine, France) ACT UP PARIS PRESS RELEASE : Act Up Paris activists jammed Pfizer's world Viagra plant. Activists denounced Pfizer's pricing policy which is directly responsible for the death of thousands of People With AIDS living in developing countries. Read Online | Download Word Document
- 09 MAY 2000 ACT UP PRESS RELEASE :
CLINTON TO SIGN EXECUTIVE ORDER: ACCESS TO HIV/AIDS PHARMACEUTICALS FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WILL NOT BE IMPEDED BY ANY U.S. DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY. Read Online | Download Word Document
- 04 MAY 2000 ACT UP PRESS RELEASE :
ACT UP and Student Activists Disrupt House of Representatives Vote on African/Caribbean Trade Bill. Activists Chain Themselves to House Gallery chairs & chant "AFRICA IS NOT FOR SALE" Read Online | Download Word Document
- 22 MARCH 2000 ACT UP PRESS STATEMENT : The bill, "African Growth and Opportunity Act," is before the US Congress. While against the bill, ACT UP is in support of Senator Feinstein's amendment which precludes US trade sanctions against African countries that manufacture generic versions of expensive drugs. The amendment is under fierce attack by pharmaceutical industry lobbyists. Read Statement | Download Word Document
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