Ressourcen und Dokumente

AIDS and global health
This short report by UNAIDS on AIDS and Global Health examines the role that the health sector should play in helping to attain the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Over the past decade ...
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Campaigning for pro-public health reform of South Africa’s Patents Act
A Treatment Action Campaign briefing document: The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (“the TRIPS agreement”), effective from 1 January 1995, set standards of intellectual property protection that ...
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Exceptional epidemics: AIDS still deserves a global response
There has been a renewed debate over whether AIDS deserves an exceptional response. We argue that as AIDS is having differentiated impacts depending on the scale of the epidemic, and population groups impacted, and so responses ...
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Intellectual Property Rights & Wrongs
This issue of South Bulletin focuses on recent developments and controversies in the intellectual property rights area. The legitimacy and usefulness of the IP system depends on the correct balance between the public interest ...
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Nationales Programm HIV und andere sexuell übertragbare Infektionen 2011–2017 (NPHS)
Das Nationale Programm HIV und andere sexuell übertragbare Infektionen 2011–2017 (NPHS) schliesst an 25 Jahre erfolgreiche Präventionsarbeit an und führt diese unter Berücksichtigung der neusten Erkenntnisse fort. Erstmals ...
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Priority Interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector
Produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), Priority interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector is the definitive 'one-stop shop' designed to help countries, donors and other stakeholders ...
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Reversing the AIDS epidemic through Third-Generation Health Systems: A call to action
"We need a dramatic change in thinking — and action from donors, policymakers, and program managers in the public, private, and nongovernmental (NGO) sectors — to focus on strengthening health systems in the countries most ...
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The effects of global health initiatives on country health systems: a review of the evidence from HIV/AIDS control
This paper, published by the Health Policy and Planning journal, reviews country-level evidence about the impact of global health initiatives (GHIs), which have had profound effects on recipient country health systems in ...
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The World Bank’s Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa
African countries must continue to champion HIV prevention efforts to slow and reverse the rate of new HIV infections, and that HIV/AIDS will remain for the foreseeable future an unprecedented economic, social, and human ...
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Toward zero new infections. The UK’s position paper on HIV and the developing world
In the new position paper, the UK confirms its commitment to the goal of reaching universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. The main focus of the plan will be reducing new HIV infections among women ...
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UNAIDS Policy Brief: Using TRIPS flexibility to improve access to HIV treatment
The right of every human being to access the highest attainable standards of health is now fully recognized by numerous national constitutions and legally binding international human rights treaties. Access to essential medicines ...
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UNAIDS: Preparing for the future
The global economic crisis has heightened the challenges for UNAIDS in ensuring that UN agencies adequately support governments of countries severely affected by HIV, and in holding rich countries to their financial commitments ...
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Conference 2010: The future of the global AIDS response: Implications for NGOs
The global economic crisis has induced cutbacks in the spending of Government and international donors. This also threatens efforts for an effective response to HIV and AIDS. In addition, a ‘backlash’ against disease-specific ...