This report aims to set out a vision for a health innovation model that is driven by public health need and delivers products at prices that patients and health systems can afford. The report presents a thorough analysis of the way biomedical research and development (R&D) is currently conducted, highlighting how market-driven agendas and public … Continued
In this joint report, STOPAIDS and Global Justice Now show how taxpayers are funding billions of pounds worth of research into life-changing drugs – only to be told they are too expensive when they need them. High medicine prices are a serious challenge for the NHS and patients globally, with many new treatments priced so … Continued
STOPAIDS has carried out a civil society review of The Department for International Development’s (DFID’s) work on HIV and AIDS. The report assesses DFID’s financial, programmatic and political commitment to the global HIV response. It also makes recommendations for how DFID can increase commitment to the global response to HIV as we work towards the … Continued
STOPAIDS has carried out a civil society review of The Department for International Development’s (DFID’s) work on HIV and AIDS. The report assesses DFID’s financial, programmatic and political commitment to the global HIV response. It also makes recommendations for how DFID can increase commitment to the global response to HIV as we work towards the … Continued
Entitled “Increasing DFID’s contribution to Addressing HIV among key populations” and building on our earlier critique of DFID’s position paper on HIV and AIDS, the report makes a series of recommendations about how STOPAIDS members believe DFID can work more effectively to advance the rights of communities who are disproportionately affected by AIDS, notably men who … Continued
A one-day seminar was held on 3rd April 2014 to mark 10 years of work by the STOPAIDS Children Affected by HIV and AIDS (CABA) working group. Despite encouraging global progress in promoting and protecting the rights of children and young people living with or affected by HIV, worrying gaps remain. Participants and presenters from across the international development, HIV … Continued
STOPAIDS has spent a large part of its time over the last three years campaigning for an increase in the UK’s contribution to the replenishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. In September 2013, the Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, announced a better-than-doubling contribution of up to £1billion. … Continued
Before the scale-up of the international response to the AIDS pandemic, community responses in developing countries played a crucial role in providing services and care for those affected. This study is the first comprehensive, mixed-method evaluation of the impact of that response. The evaluation finds that community response can be effective at increasing knowledge of … Continued