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A Powerful Tribute to Professor Hakima Himmich: A Life of Courage, Justice, and Resistance
🗓️ On May 13, 2025, during the 3rd Global Summit on Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines (GSIPA2M2025) held in Marrakech and co-organized by ITPC-MENA, a deeply emotional moment captured the audience. A powerful tribute was paid to Professor Hakima Himmich, a true icon in the fight for health and social justice – in Morocco, across the MENA region, and far […]
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HIV PREVENTION & ACCOUNTABILITY: A MULTI-COUNTRY COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE 2025
This report provides a civil society analysis of the HIV prevention response, outlining the progress and gaps in five countries: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia. The findings inform a set of key recommendations aimed at addressing these urgent challenges and strengthening the response in MENA. DOWNLOAD PDF تنزيل ملف PDF TÉLÉCHARGER PDF Frontline AIDS […]
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The MENA H Coalition calls for sustained investments in the fight against tuberculosis in the MENA region
Joint press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MENA-H coalition urges urgent action to combat tuberculosis in the region, with emphasis on innovation and universal health coverage 2025, March 24 – On World Tuberculosis Day, the MENA-H Coalition issues an urgent call to intensify efforts to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) […]
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Results of a study on lenacapavir and two broadly neutralizing antibodies were presented at CROI 2025.
At the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2025) in San Francisco, results were presented from a Phase II study examining the efficacy of a combination of lenacapavir (TN Sunlenca) and two broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) – teropavimab and zinlirvimab. The study results indicate that this regimen could form the basis of a complete […]
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ViiV HEALTHCARE TO TRIPLE ANNUAL SUPPLY OF LONG-ACTING HIV PREP FOR LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: A REAL RACE IS STARTING AMONG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES FOR MARKET SHARE AND PROFIT
Source : ITPC EECA Against the backdrop of a recent press release from Gilead announcing the signing of a voluntary license for the new drug lenacapavir, ViiV Healthcare has announced an increase in the supply of its injectable drug cabotegravir. This sequence of events inevitably raises the thought that a real race is starting among […]
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WHAT IS MISSING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS POLITICAL DECLARATION ON TUBERCULOSIS?
Source : ITPC GLOBAL (New York) — Today, UN Member States will come together at the UN Headquarters in New York City for the first “High Level Meeting” on TB, where countries will ratify a political declaration on tuberculosis (TB). Despite pressure, and securing several concrete pledges on expanding service delivery, the declaration falls short […]
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The retirement announcement of Dr Yamina Chakkar
It is with mixed feelings that we received the retirement announcement of Dr Yamina Chakkar from her position as Director of UNAIDS Regional Support Team MENA. The MENA Regional Platform & ITPC-MENA applaud you for your years of service and achievements fighting HIV/AIDS. Our heartiest congratulations and best wishes for your retirement.
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This section will provide an update on where grants are at in all MENA countries. Most have recently been approved or should be approved soon. This is a particularly relevant time to provide an update like this. Afghanistan Disease Grants Status HIV/AIDS AFG-H-UNDP (PR: UNDP) Approved December 2017 TB AFG-T-MOPH (PR: Ministry of Public […]
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Global Fund MENA Regional Platform is relaunched;
ITPC-MENA continues as the host for the Middle East and North Africa region As a key component of the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender Strategic Initiative, the Regional Platform for Communication and Coordination will continue to support and facilitate civil society dialogue and engagement with Global Fund grants and processes. ITPC-MENA, which hosted the […]
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2nd Francophone Symposium AFRAMED on HIV and Hepatitis
2nd Francophone Symposium AFRAMED on HIV and Hepatitis September 28 to 30, Hammamet, Tunisie Following the success of the first experience in Algeria, the second edition of AFRAMED symposium will be hosted by Tunisia. This AFRAMED edition is in line with mobilizations for the success of 90-90-90 goals to put an end at the VIH […]
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A new victory for ITPC-MENA : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt
The 9th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV / AIDS 2017 : Bristol-Myers Squibb extends its voluntary license on Atazanavir to Egypt, a victory for ITPC-MENA Today, at the World Conference on AIDS, which is currently taking place in Paris from the 23rd to 26th July 2017, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and the Medicines Patent Pool […]
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US Supreme Court Adopts International Exhaustion For Patents: Paving the way for parallel imports to exert downward pressure on domestic pharmaceutical (and other) prices
Source : By Frederick M The Supreme Court of the United States on May 30, 2017 adopted a rule of international exhaustion of patent rights for the United States in Impression Products v. Lexmark International, No. 15-1189. The near-unanimous decision authored by Chief Justice Roberts is unambiguous and unequivocal.[1] The Court paid short shrift to […]
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