Director of the Asia-Pacific Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (APN+) discusses how global health and trade policies may affect access to generic medicines and other vital aspects of Asia’s fight against AIDS.
 

TREAT Asia is a proud co-sponsor of Adam’s Love, a new website providing HIV/AIDS information to MSM in Thailand. Innovatively combining education and entertainment, the website is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia.

The Eleventh Annual TREAT Asia Network Meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 9−13 November 2011, brought together leading scientists, clinicians, and advocates from across the region to share their work and strategize about next steps in the fight against AIDS in Asia.

The world’s poorest countries depend on India’s pharmaceutical industry for affordable medicines that keep millions of HIV-positive people alive and healthy every day.  These lives will soon be at risk if intellectual property demands proposed by the European Union in a draft Free Trade Agreement with India are accepted.