HIV/AIDS

IAC concludes without a breakthrough: Officials dodge the 2010 goal of universal access, Oxfam says

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:31:52 +0000

(Mexico City) The International AIDS Conference concluded today without a clear plan or any new impetus to reach the 2010 target of universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment

Pharma rhetoric at International AIDS Conference must be matched by action

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:24:39 +0000

Aggressive Patenting Costs Lives, says Oxfam

(Mexico City) Legal maneuvering by multinational companies restricting access to essential medicines contradicts their encouragin

Female condoms: a scandal of willful neglect

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:00:10 +0000

New report launched at International AIDS Conference

Mexico City: A new report by international agency Oxfam and the World Population Foundation says health officials have wa

Oxfam and Annie Lennox address Universal Access: Inadequate funding and aggressive drug company tactics imperil 2010 goal

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:59:06 +0000

(Mexico City) Inadequate donor financing and aggressive tactics by multinational pharmaceutical companies threaten to derail efforts to achieve universal access to HIV/AIDS preventio

Income or Health: Can HIV patients have both?

Ian McClelland — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:28:26 +0000

There is a serious challenge in the South African government's HIV and AIDS response.

Failing Women, Withholding Protection

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:45:20 +0000

Policy makers lament women’s vulnerablity to HIV infection, yet for 15 years they have failed to utilise a technology which can help women to protect and empower themselves.

South Africa: Working together gives support to women affected by HIV

Elena Cornellana — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:33:46 +0000

Intricate hand-embroidered textiles are brightening the lives of hundreds of South African women affected by HIV.

Health

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:59:26 +0000

A doctor when you need one. Medicines you can afford. Clean water to drink. Millions of people are going without these basic things, every single day.

Oxfam Ambassador Kristin Davis in South Africa to help Oxfam break the stigma and close the treatment gaps fuelling AIDS

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:10:54 +0000

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (2 February, 2008) - Kristin Davis, star of US hit TV show Sex & the City, joined Oxfam and leading AIDS activists at a Johannesburg press conference t

G8 miss mark as 'new' announcements disguise overall failure

Joel M Bassuk — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:27:18 +0000

G8 leaders are leaving Germany today having failed to do enough to shore up their wavering credibility or guarantee that they will keep their promises to Africa, said international a