[e-med] le gouvernement Bush contre les malades du SIDA des PED

["Christophe COMMEYRAS" <c.commeyras@camnet.cm>]

E-MED: le gouvernement Bush contre les malades du SIDA des PED
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From: "Christophe COMMEYRAS" <c.commeyras@camnet.cm>
To: "e_med" <e-med@usa.healthnet.org>
Subject: Tr: [932] URGENT: US measures to block Brazillian AIDs programme?
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 08:10:37 +0100
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Voici un message de TREATMENT ACCESS concernant la "guerre sainte" que
prépare le gouvernement Bush contre les malades du SIDA dans les pays en
développement et contre les accords OMC/ADPIC qu'ils ont eux-même signé.
Quelques chiffres édifiants sur les résultats obtenus au Brésil y sont
mentionnés.
Des centaines de milliers de malades actuellement sous traitement sont
menacés? AU Brésil et à travers le monde. Il ne faut pas espérer que
l'action des association pèse d'un poids suffisant dans la défense des
accords signés.
Une prise de position ferme et sans ambiguïté des Nations Unies et de
l'Union Européenne, appuyée par leurs pays membres, sera indispensable pour
protéger les exceptions contenues dans les accords ADPIC et notamment
l'article 30 sur les licences obligatoires. Dans ce sens, une action de
lobying auprès des parlementaires nationaux et européens est plus que jamais
nécessaire.
La publication de la liste noire des sociétés américaines engagées dans ce
combat contre la vie pourrait également être d'une certaine utilité.

Christophe COMMEYRAS
<c.commeyras@camnet.cm>

-----Message d'origine-----
De : TREATMENT-ACCESS - Anonymous <treatment-access@hivnet.ch>
À : Treatment-access <treatment-access@hivnet.ch>
Date : mercredi 31 janvier 2001 20:40
Objet : [932] URGENT: US measures to block Brazillian AIDs programme?


Anonymous
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The United States government is requesting, on February 1st, the World Trade
Organisation (WTO) the establishment of a panel in the attempt to threaten
the successful Brazilian AIDS programme.

The United States will request the establishment of the panel BRAZIL -
MEASURES AFFECTING PATENT PROTECTION, on the grounds that the Brazilian
industrial property law is inconsistent with the TRIPS Agreement. According
to the United States government, the Brazilian patent law represents a
potential conflict since it provides the possibility to obtain compulsory
licenses of drugs in extreme cases, such as incapacity to supply the market
which could endanger public health.

Brazil initiated its production of anti-retroviral generic drugs in 1995,
intending to provide free and universal care to its 100 thousand patients.
Success has been such that, according to estimates, since 1997, 146 thousand
of patients have avoided hospitalisation thanks in part to the production of
7 locally produced drugs. Consequently the number of deaths caused by AIDS
decreased 50% since 1996.

At present, around 100.000 patients are under drugs treatment provided by
the government. This large number of people assisted by the public health
system became possible since Brazilian public laboratories started to
produce generic drugs for free distribution. The local production led to
sharp price reductions, which dropped up to 72% compared to international
prices. In 1999 the ministry of Health spent about US$ 311 million dollars
treating 75.000 patients, comparing to US$ 301 million dollars treating
100.000 in 2000. Since 1997 the annual cost to treat a patient in Brazil has
dropped from US$ 7.858 to US$ 4.137. In the United States, similar treatment
costs US$ 10,000 to US$ 15,000 and is not available for free to every
patient.

The lives of thousands of people in Brazil depend on the government aid to
provide free medication, which are an affordable burden due to low cost of
production which is an experience that Brazil is willing to share with other
developing countries, particularly in Africa where AIDS is killing millions
of people. In Durban International AIDS Conference the Brazilian delegation
proposed to co-operate with countries in the development of similar
anti-retroviral production infrastructure, establishment of health-care
services, etc, which could lead to a dramatic reduction of deaths.

Therefore, in order to seek the largest possible access to anti-retroviral
therapy for people living with HIV/AIDS in our societies, we urge the civil
society to react rapidly against the United States attempt to protect
pharmaceutical industry interests by gathering in front of the WTO at the
start of the meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body, this coming Thursday,
1st of February, at 10:00h, and protest in the interest of millions of
people, particularly of those living in developing countries.

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