SouthViews No. 138, 2 December 2016
On World AIDS Day, threat to access to medicines looms large
By Shailly Gupta
Today millions of people living with HIV in South-East Asia are receiving treatment and leading healthy lives thanks to affordable generic antiretroviral (ARVs) medicines. Governments and treatment providers across Asia, such as the government of Indonesia and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), patients across our missions in many countries, depend on an uninterrupted supply of affordable generic HIV medicines to reduce new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths in the region. But as the trade negotiators from 16 countries gather in Indonesia next week to deliberate the terms of a trade agreement — the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (RCEP), access to low-cost generic medicines is under grave threat.
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This article was tagged: Access to Health, Access to Medicines, Affordable Medicines, Antiretroviral Drugs (ARVs), Asia, Generic Medicines, HIV Medicines, HIV/AIDS, Indonesia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement (RCEP), Right to Health, South East Asia