Health
GAP Papers, Presentations, & Reports
- India's 2005 Patent Act: Death by Patent or Universal Access to Second- and Future-Generation AIDS Medications by Brook Baker, September 19, 2005. Background Paper
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FIX THE FUND! TREAT THE PEOPLE! Transparency and Accountability of Global Fund Financing in Kenya, Sharonann Lynch, Kibera, June 12 2005.
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- Fix the Fund letter to Board Members of the Global Fund the Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the Secretariat to address the ongoing crisis of delays in implementation of Global Fund financed HIV treatment programs, Geneva, April 20, 2005.
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Bilateral Financing for ARV Treatment Programs: Promises, Pitfalls, and the Need for Change,
Sharonann Lynch,
Realising the Right to Health, Mumbai, India, 19 March 2005.
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- An Analysis and Response to WTO Action Regarding Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, by Brook Baker for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Project, Task Force 5: Infectious Diseases and Access to Essential Medicines, Sub-Group Access to Essential Medicines, January, 27, 2005. Issue Paper | Download Word doc
Arthritic Flexibilities for Accessing Medicines: Analysis of WTO Action Regarding Paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, Brook Baker of Health GAP, December 16, 2004. Download Word doc
- Changes to India's Patents Act and Access to Affordable Generic Medicines after January 1, 2005, Asia Russell, December 14, 2004. Sheet: PDF file | Word doc
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PEPFAR: Promises, Pitfalls, and the Need for Change.
Sharonann Lynch, EPN Annual Meeting, Moshi, Tanzania, October 6, 2004.
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TRIPS, public health and medicines access: what happened at DohaÉ and why?
Asia Russell, June 10, 2004.
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The Movement for Global AIDS Treatment Access,
Sharonann Lynch, June 10, 2004.
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- US Presidential Candidates: Contrasting Platforms on AIDS,Paul Davis, May 18, 2004.
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- USTR's 2004 Special 301 Report Highlights the U.S. Global Ambition to Use Heightened Protection of Innovators' Drug Registration Data to Block and Delay Registration of Competing Generic Drugs, Brook Baker, May 4, 2004. Download Word doc
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New barriers to accessing medicines: US attacks on WHO Prequalifcation of fixed-dose combinationa ARV, and drug registration catch 22's,
Brook Baker,
at Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, March 26, 2004.
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- Health GAP Briefing Paper: "U.S. Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR): Facts and Critical Issues, Sharonann Lynch, March 22, 2004. Download PDF
- Health GAP's critique of the behind the scenes machinations of the Bush Administration: U.S.'s Misguided and Bad-Faith Attack on the WHO's 3-by-5 Plan, Brook Baker, December 8, 2003
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Intellectual Property Rights & Access to Medicines: An Update on TRIPS and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA),
Asia Russell, Playa Blanca, Panama, 17 NOVEMBER 2003.
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- Health GAP on "FTAA and Protectionism for U.S. Drug Industry: Affordable AIDS Medicine Threatened in Latin America," Asia Russell of Health GAP, November 03.
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- Health GAP and coalition of groups protesting the White House for World AIDS Day release: "AIDS Year in Review," November 03.
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- Briefing Paper on U.S. Obstructionism and amendment to Canada's Legislation Enabling Export of Generic Medicines, Brook Baker of Health GAP, October 8, 2003.
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- Health GAP on WTO medicines negotiations: "Doha Redux - U.S. Enters New Phase Of Bad Faith Bargaining," Brook Baker of Health GAP, 3 July 03.
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Scaling-up antiretroviral treatment and financing the fight against global AIDS: IPRs, access to medicines and public health. Health GAP Briefing Paper for the 56th World Health Assembly, May 19, 2003.
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AIDS activism, globalization, and the struggle for global treatment access,
Asia Russell,
April 1, 2003.
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Social Movement to Fight for Resources for AIDS, TB, and Malaria,
Sharonann Lynch
Fund the Fund Meeting, Paris, March 27, 2003.
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Holding Country Coordinating Mechanisms Accountable to PLWHA,
Sharonann Lynch, International Treatment Preparedness Summit, Cape Town, South Africa, March 16, 2003.
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Social Movements & the Fight for Resources for HIV/AIDS Treatment,
Sharonann Lynch, International Treatment Preparedness Summit, Cape Town, South Africa, March 13, 2003.
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"TREAT YOUR WORKERS": Corporate Complicity in the AIDS Pandemic,
Sharonann Lynch,
March 1, 2003.
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The Global Fund to Treat AIDS, TB, and Malaria: Fulfilling or Betraying the Promise of Treatment?
Brook K. Baker, Health GAP, Feb 26, 2003.
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Benchmarks on the Road to Free Access: Trade agreements, patent rights, and the right to essential medicines,
Asia Russell, Church World Service roundtable on universal access to AIDS treatment
February 19-20 2003.
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FOUR BIG LIES POST-DOHA
Health GAP, 23 December 02.
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U.S. Moratorium a Cruel Hoax
Health GAP, 23 December 02.
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Phrma's Relentless Drive for Profits Explains U.S. Trade Negotiations.
Health GAP, 10 December 02.
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- Funding Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV is not Enough, Position Paper by Professor Brook K. Baker, Health GAP, 12 December 2002. Read Online
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Access to Generic Medicines in Developing Countries Does Not Negatively Impact Interests of U.S. Consumers. Health GAP, 12 December 02.
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- Global AIDS and the Bush White House: Kind Words, Broken Promises, Health GAP Briefing Paper on a Presidential AIDS Initiative for the White House trip to Africa January 13-17, 26 November 2002. Download PDF
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Barriers to generic drug entryin developing countries,
Asia Russell,
TACD Committee on Intellectual Property Meeting on the Impact of Intellectual Property Rules on Consumers of Health Care Services, October 31-November 1, 2002. Download Slide presentation
- Rules for the Export of Health Care Technologies with the Permission of Patent Owners: Chart on the Status of Major Doha Proposals by Brook K. Baker, Health GAP, October 31, 2002. Download to Word doc
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- Richard Feachem - Strike Two: Where's the Extra $1.6 billion for 2003?. Health
GAP Coalition, 06 November 02. Read Online
- The Impact of Intellectual Property Rules on Consumers of Health Care Services, Health GAP Fact Sheet, 31 October 2002. Read Online
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The IMF, World Bank, and the AIDS crisis,
Asia Russell, September 27, 2002.
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- Victory and Betrayal: The Third World Takes on the Rich Countries in the Struggle for Access to Medicines by Asia Russell, Health GAP, June 02.
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- US TRIPS Council Proposal: Pharma First, Strict Conditionalities, Indistinct Waivers, Compulsory Licenses, and Procedural Death Queues by Brook K. Baker, Health GAP, October 31, 2002. Download Word doc | Read Online
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The Global Fund to Treat AIDS, TB, and Malaria: Fulfilling or Betraying the Promise of Treatment?
Brook Baker, International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, July 2002.
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- The Global AIDS Crisis: Human Rights, International Pharmaceutical Markets and Intellectual
. Alan Berkman, MD, Health GAP Coalition at the Property Symposium, 2002. PDF file
- Cost Effectivness will Cost Lives by Alan Berkman, MD, Health GAP, JULY 2001. Read Online
- Myths vs. Reality: In the Global Struggle for AIDS Treatment Access by the Health Gap Coalition, 8 OCTOBER 01. Download PDF file
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- Multinational Corporations Must Pay for AIDS Treatment for Workers Living with HIV/AIDS.
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- Senator Frist's Bait And Switch and The Bush Unfund by Brook Baker, June 2002. Health GAP paper on President Bush's actions to derail a bipartisan Senate effort that had been expected to net at least $500 million in emergency funds for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria. Read Onlie
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- Critical Issues Surrounding the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria: While an overdue comprehensive response to the global AIDS catastrophe emerges, drug companies work to avert access to medicine. Will lives be ransomed to protect pharmaceutical industry interests? Health GAP Coalition position paper, 10 October 2001. Download: PDF file
- Accessing ARVs: Untangling the Web of Price Reductons for Developing Countries report by Médecins Sans Frontières, 5 OCTOBER 2001. Download pdf
- The IMF, the World Bank and the HIV/AIDS Crisis by Rob Weissman of Essential Action, 5 SEPTEMBER 2001. Download: Word document | PDF File
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- Consensus Statement on Response to UNGASS Darft Declaration of Commitment. NYC Community Advocacy Treatment Working Group, 04 APRIL 2001.
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- SOUTH AFRICAN AIDS: IMPACTS OF GLOBALIZATION, PHARMACEUTICAL APARTHEID, AND LEGAL ACTIVISM
by Brook K. Baker, Draft 3 APRIL 2001. Download: PDF file | Word document
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- CRITERIA FOR DRUG PRICING AND DRUG COMPANY CONCESSIONARY OFFERS. Health GAP Coalition, 03 MARCH 2001. Download PDF file
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- GLOBAL BULK DRUG PROCUREMENT AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM: Discussion document regarding efficient large-scale programs delivering drugs to people in impoverished countries. Health GAP Coalition, 03 MARCH 2001. Download PDF file
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- FOURTEEN POINTS FOR HEALTH: ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND THE UNGASS ISSUES PAPER. Statement by Health GAP Coalition and IGLHRC at the UNGASS Informal Consultative, 27 FEBRUARY 2001. Download PDF file
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GRASSROOTS MEDIA GUIDE: ACT UP Philadelphia's Guide on Media Work. Avalable to download as a (pdf file)
GUIDE TO GENERATING EDITORIALS: Health GAP Coalition's guide to placing editorials. Read below or download as a (pdf file)
RECOMMENDED READING
Several for the Price of One: Right to AIDS Treatment as Link to Other Human Rights by Joanne Csete, Director, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Program, Human Rights Watch.
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International Obligation and Human Health: Evolving Policy Responses to HIV/AIDS by Paul G. Harris and Patricia Siplon, Ethics & International Affairs, Volume 15 No. 2 (2001). Go to article
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