Latest: WAD 2008

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» TAC’s statement on the ANC National Conference and leadership election
On 11 December 2007, at TAC’s National Executive Committee meeting the TAC discussed the African National Congress leadership election and its implication for HIV prevention, treatment and care in S...
» New edition of Equal Treatment
Equal Treatment issue 23 is now out and this time focuses on the crucial issue of young children and HIV. Particular attention is given to the National Strategic Plan and children, prevention of mothe...
» Global call to action on TB
On the evening of 8 November 2007, about 5,000 people marched through the streets of Cape Town at the onset of the 38th Annual Union World Conference on Lung Health to demand better TB education, prev...
» TAC complaint about the anti-competitive conduct of the world’s largest pharmaceutical company
On 7 November 2007, TAC lodged a complaint to the Competition Commission against MSD and Merck over their failure to license key antiretroviral drug, efavirenz, on reasonable terms. http://www.tac...
» Need for open discussion on antiretroviral side effects
On 31 October 2007, a Sowetan newspaper ran a disturbing story about a man on antiretrovirals who had a particularly bad case of lipodystrophy and grew breasts. This story highlights the need for doct...
» South African health ministry in condom recall
The Department of Health has asked for the statement below, on recalled condoms, to be distributed widely. It is critical to restore confidence in government's condom distribution programme and theref...
» Global call to action for the 38th Annual Union World Conference on Lung Health
TAC’s latest newsletter includes features on the global call to action on TB, new research which shows how to make antiretroviral programmes successful in resource-poor settings, a memorandum hande...
» Aids fight inspires singer Lennox
Annie Lennox has teamed up with 23 of the world's most acclaimed female superstar voices for the charity record Sing, to raise money and awareness for the HIV/AIDS organisation, Treatment Action Campa...
» TAC letter to Mbeki on Virodene
TAC sent a letter to President Mbeki on Monday 1 October 2007 calling for him to establish a judicial commission of enquiry into the Virodene affair. The letter is signed by Vuyiseka Dubula, who is al...
» BBC NEWS | Africa | South Africa 'losing Aids battle'
Unicef's South Africa representative Macharia Kamau said that infection and death rates in the country are outpacing treatment.

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