Accelerated Approval and Post-marketing Commitments: A Delicate Balance
ABSTRACT # 41 Presented at HIV DART 2008 By Tracy Swan and Lei Chou BACKGROUND AIDS activists have focused on HIV drug development for more than two decades. In 1992, in part due to pressure from AIDS activists and pharmaceutical…
National AIDS Programme & National TB Programme
Special Session from the International Union against TB and Lung Disease (IUATLD), 2008 Friday 17th October, 2008 Panel Presentation Downloads Above. Policy and collaborative activities to reduce the dual burden of HIV and Tuberculosis Anthony David Harries, Senior Advisor International…
From Rhetoric to Action: Making TB/HIV Collaboration Effective
Report of TAG, STBP, AIDES Satellite titled “TB/HIV Programs: Working together to achieve Universal Access to HIV and TB Prevention, Care, and Treatment.” October 14, 2008 “Communities need to take up the challenge to ensure that country level programs on…
2008 Pipeline Report
HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C: Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, and Microbicides in Development by Lei Chou, Mark Harrington, Bob Huff, Richard Jefferys, Tracy Swan, Javid Syed, and Claire Wingfield This Report was released at the XVII International AIDS Conference…
TAG-ICW TB/HIV Advocacy Project: Battling the Dual Epidemic through Community Action
Battling the Dual Epidemic through Community Action AUGUST 2008 TB/HIV: What Every HIV/AIDS Activist Should Know by Nelson Juma Otwoma I have always wanted to make a difference. My activism took root in my home province, Nyanza. My activism has…
TAG’s Response to NIAID ‘Request for Information’ on Priorities in Basic HIV Vaccine Research
June 4, 2008 Please find appended the response of the Treatment Action Group (TAG) to NIAID's "Request for Information (RFI): To Solicit Input and Ideas on Priorities in Basic Vaccine Discovery Research." We would also refer you to TAG's report…
TB/HIV Monitoring & Advocacy: Experiences & Leadership by AIDS Activists
Experiences & Leadership by AIDS Activists Compiled by Public Health Watch (PHW) and Treatment Action Group (TAG) 2008 Introduction The Open Society Institute’s Public Health Watch (PHW)1 and Treatment Action Group (TAG)2 began working together through a common desire to…