Global IssuesNews headlines for “Pharmaceutical Corporations and AIDS”, page 4
NEPAL: No Brakes on Sex Trafficking
- Inter Press Service
While a Nepalese campaign to stop human trafficking gains recognition by the White House and Hollywood, Nepal continues to be a prime source for sex trafficking, thanks to unsettled conditions created by a protracted political crisis.
PAKISTAN: Dodging Drones and Bullets to Beat HIV
- Inter Press Service
Having to contend with U.S. army drones and the crossfire between the Taliban and the Pakistani army, the residents of Pakistan’s tribal areas find access to treatment for HIV/AIDS harder than in most other parts of the world.
Neglected Diseases Group Seeking Child-Friendly AIDS Drugs
- Inter Press Service
A scientific alliance in which developing countries are playing a key role has taken on the challenge of producing paediatric AIDS drugs, an area that is no longer a priority for pharmaceutical companies because mother-to-child transmission of HIV has virtually been eliminated in the industrialised world.
SWAZILAND: Economic Crisis Means Short Supply of ARVs
- Inter Press Service
Swaziland’s economic crisis has affected its ability to provide healthcare as the country’s buffer stock of antiretrovirals (ARVs) has fallen below the prescribed three-month supply.
KENYA: Providing ARVs to HIV-Negative People Will Strain Resources
- Inter Press Service
When Lucy Omollo found out that her husband was HIV-positive six years ago, the couple thought the best way to prevent her from becoming infected with the virus was not to have sex.
Navigating Challenges, Brazil Steps Up AIDS Response
- Inter Press Service
Long heralded as a model for the global response to HIV/AIDS, Brazil is intensifying its actions, at home and abroad, in the face of potential setbacks including an arising need for new treatment regimens, the resultant increase in drug prices and the debate over intellectual property rights.
Building Vaccines for the 'Bottom Billion'
- Inter Press Service
As the world marks 30 years since HIV/AIDS was first identified, vaccine researcher Dr. Peter Hotez hopes intervention programmes can begin to incorporate treatment for some lesser-known ailments called neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs.
Another Push for Reproductive Rights
- Inter Press Service
By 2015, women demanding family planning products and services in the developing world will likely reach 933 million, a terrific increase from the current 818 million women demanding access to these basic reproductive commodities.
U.N. Political Body Digresses into 'Non-Security' Issues
- Inter Press Service
When the U.N. Security Council, the only political body empowered to declare war and peace, decided to include climate change on its agenda back in 2007, the 131-member Group of 77 (G77) launched a vociferous protest.
JAPAN: HIV Cases Rise as Awareness Wanes
- Inter Press Service
Slackening awareness and deep-rooted social discrimination are behind the latest figures that show Japan with a record number of HIV-positive and AIDS patients, officials and experts say.
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