Human Rights Archives – Page 2 of 2 – Treatment Action Group

AVAC and TAG Statement on Ethical Conduct of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Challenge Studies

May 7, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency that may demand new, safe, and expedited ways of conducting ethical research to find the solutions we need, including a safe and effective vaccine.

Global Health and Human Rights Organizations Denounce Trump Administration Decision to Pull Commitments to WHO during COVID-19 Crisis

April 16, 2020
Dorrit Walsh

AVAC, Health GAP, Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), and Treatment Action Group (TAG) strongly condemn the Trump Administration’s decision to halt funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) in the midst of the urgent COVID-19 global health crisis.

TAG Comment in Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds

October 30, 2019
Dorrit Walsh

As an organization dedicated to ensuring equitable access to critical health services to individuals and communities affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis C virus (HCV), Treatment Action Group (TAG) strongly opposes the proposed changes regarding “public charge,” published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2019 (the proposed rule).

Activists Urge CDC Withdraw Ebola Travel Restrictions for Asymptomatic People

November 7, 2014
Chad Cipiti

We write as professionals, activists, and public health researchers who have worked to combat AIDS and other infectious diseases in the United States and around the world for over three decades.