Top pharmaceutical company defends IP law - Bristol Myers -Squibb representative for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Brian Henry said: “The companies involved in increasing access in Africa recently pooled our information on voluntary licences in sub-Saharan Africa and discovered that we have collectively granted 56 licences to generic companies.” Read more ...
Kenya’s AIDS orphans’ top Million mark - The Catholic church in Kenya has said the country is experiencing an increase in the number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
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Change IP law, Africa urged MSF Advisor Dr. Tom Ellman said “Where legislation prevents access to generic drugs, it should be amended and where it allows access it should be acted upon.” Read More ...
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In this Exclusive report,
Mildred Parker experiences hope in the face of despair at a Children's Home; the only one of its kind in Africa.
SPECIAL REPORT This is the heart wrenching story of Zakiya Karoki who at only 15 years of age is another young victim of the deadly HIV AIDS disease. In this report, she tells reporter Mildred Parker of her frustrations in living with AIDS. Also campaigners and experts speak out on the challenges they face. Read More ...
READ MY BLOG For latest news/views/reviews on HIV AIDS in Africa plus how the disease continues to ravish the
poor continent almost unabated.
Why focus on Kenya In a little shanty village of Bamburi in Mombasa, I discover that AIDS had affected more than Ten households with many of these homes now looked after by the children orphaned by the disease. Read more ...
The impact of AIDS in Africa’s socio-economic and political scene So, how does AIDS affect Africa’s economy or how does it change the social and political structures? Mildred Parker investigated how the disease is crippling Africa’s economic structure and spoke with one man who has been forced out of work after contracting the killer virus. Read more ….
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In this audio report, some 80 HIV AIDS campaign groups ask Britain to fund a free health care system for children in Africa. Mildred Parker sought reaction from a charity group in Kenya and UK members of the public.
Bringing Hope In this section, Mildred Parker visit’s a little shanty village of Bamburi in Mombasa where a group of women rescued 25 children orphaned by AIDS. Here, the women tell of the challenges they face in helping the children cope with the disease. Read more ….
What is the solution In an exclusive interview with Mildred Parker, Solidarity of Women in Distress [SOLWODI] , a campaign group, speak candidly how today’s children can be saved from contracting HIV AIDS from their mothers. Read more …
Conservative MP Michael Howard "HIV/AIDS is a very tough issue because we need to balance between politics and humanitarian issues."
IP law ‘unbalanced’ MP Anne Snelgrove “I agree the right balance has not been struck, I am still in contact with those Kenyan politicians and I will represent their views on the matter to Gordon Brown. We have to involve Kenya in this process.” Read more …
