affordable medicines

Killed by HIV/AIDS: the cost of G8 penny-pinching in Germany?

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:19:07 +0000

As leaders of the world's richest countries flew into Germany for the G8 summit, international agency Oxfam urged them to make concrete financial commitments to fund HIV/AIDS program

Oxfam targeted with email campaign as Novartis' legal action against India approaches climax

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:18:23 +0000

Novartis’ ongoing law suit against the Indian government, which sees the company challenging the country’s patent law to protect its own profits, enters a crucial phase i

World AIDS Day: Oxfam calls for immediate action to prevent worsening global HIV & AIDS crisis

Alex Segrt — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:43:18 +0000

More than four million extra health workers and access to vital medicines crucial to combating global crisis.

Novartis denies access to generic medicines to poor countries

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:25:35 +0000

Today, Bern Declaration and Oxfam International campaigners organized a stunt in front of Novartis Headquarter in Basel, Switzerland to denounce the company’s attempt to preven

Rich countries betraying their obligations to help poor countries protect public health

Joel M Bassuk — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:28:45 +0000

Five years on, most poor people are yet to benefit from the Doha Declaration

Oxfam reacts to AIDS Conference 2006

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:11:33 +0000

Oxfam International took part in this year's international AIDS conference in Toronto, Canada, which brought together practitioners, policy makers, activists and scientists from the

50,000 die during International AIDS Conference 2006 – Time for political leaders to deliver

Joel M Bassuk — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 14:50:02 +0000

Toronto – Political leaders north and south are the missing quotient to stem the tide of the AIDS pandemic, said international agency Oxfam today, as the 2006 International AID

Oxfam: US free trade agreements block access to medicines

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:53:15 +0000

International AIDS Conference 2006 Toronto – US efforts to introduce stronger intellectual property rules in bilateral trade agreements undermine the fight against AIDS by deva

Oxfam warns US-Andean trade deals will harm developing countries

Joel M Bassuk — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:23:13 +0000

The US is pushing “free trade agreements” (FTAs) with the Andean countries of Peru, Colombia and Ecuador that will harm thousands of vulnerable small farmers, block acces

Five Questions Drug Companies Don't Want You to Ask

jennifer.schmidt@oxfaminternational.org — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 12:43:21 +0000

Drug companies say they want to make their medicines accessible to the greatest number of people possible.