XV International AIDS Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. July 2004.

IP, Trade and Health Related Issues at the XV International AIDS Conference. Bangkok, Thailand. July 2004.

Homepage for the Conference

CPTech Page on Fixed-Dose Combination Antiretrovirals

NGO Documents

Medecins Sans Frontieres
Oxfam International at Bangkok Conference Page. Includes press releases, daily updates and background info.
Health GAP
- July 13, 2004. Activists Cheer Kofi Annan for his Candid Comments about American AIDS Policies.
- July 13, 2004. US Government Accounting Office to White House: Bush Requirements for Big Pharma Drugs Obstructs Poor Country efforts to Treat AIDS.
July 9, 2004. Human Rights Watch. Condoms, Clean Needles, and Generic Drugs - Key Issues for the XV International AIDS Conference.

UN Organizations

World Health Organization
- July 13, 2004. New edition of WHO prequalification list to include four new anti-AIDS medicines.
- July 13, 2004. Jim Yong Kim's Plenary Speech.
- World Health Organization. 3 x 5 at Bangkok.
UNAIDS
- UNAIDS Page on Bangkok Conference.
- 2004 Report on the global AIDS epidemic.

Misc.

July 10, 2004. Statement of John Kerry on the Meeting of the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok.

News Stories

Kaiser Network coverage of the Conference. Includes live and tape-delayed webcasts, summaries, and transcripts of each day's sessions, including the opening and closing ceremonies, all plenary sessions, and selected other sessions and press conferences. Side presentations from select sessions will also be available. Print features as well.
July 19, 2004. Op-ed by Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post. AIDS Activists Misfiring.
July 19, 2004. Joe De Capua for the Voice of America. Activists Confront Bush Administration. (Contains link to interview with Robert Dabney of Health GAP.
July 19, 2004. Tamar Kahn for Business Day. Turning Up the Heat for Aids Medicine.
July 19, 2004. James Pinkerton for Tech Central Station. The Meaning of "Whorigami."
July 17, 2004. Stephanie Nolen for the Globe and Mail. Discord lingers as AIDS gathering wraps up.
July 17, 2004. Palm Beach Post editorial. How Not to Fight AIDS.
July 16, 2004. John Donnelly for the Boston Globe. At AIDS conference, little word of hard choices.
July 15, 2004. Sabin Russell for the San Francisco Chronicle. U.S. takes solo course in global AIDS fight. $15 billion program for list of countries - 12 in Africa, 2 in Caribbean, Vietnam.
July 14, 2004. Ian Mader for the Associated Press. U.S. role in AIDS battle criticized.
July 14, 2004. Sarah Bosely for the Guardian. France accuses US of Aids blackmail.
July 14, 2004. Agence France Presse. Aids drug patent row heats up.
July 13, 2004. Ed Cropley for Reuters. France: U.S. Trade Deals Threaten Cheap AIDS Drugs.
July 13, 2004. Ellen Nakashima and David Brown for the Washington Post. U.S. Rule on AIDS Drugs Criticized - Ban on Using Aid to Buy Foreign Generics Hinders Treatment, Experts Say.
July 13, 2004. Geoff Dyer, Guy de Jonquières, and Robert Graham for the Financial Times. US and France clash over cheap Aids drugs
July 13, 2004. John Donnelly for the Boston Globe. Study finds AIDS drugs succeed in poor nations.
July 12, 2004. Nancy-Amelia Collins for the Voice of America. Medical Group Says AIDS Drugs Help Survival Rate in Developing Countries.
July 12, 2004. Deborah Mitchell for Reuters. Doctors' Group Calls for More HIV Drug Price Cuts.
July 12, 2004. Brenda Yufeh for the Cameroon Tribune. Bankok AIDS Conference Favours Cheap Generic Drugs.
July 10, 2004. Emma Ross for the Associated Press. AIDS meeting focuses on drug delivery.
July 10, 2004. Khaleej Times. AIDS conference fights complacency, promotes affordable drugs.
July 9, 2004. David Brown for the Washington Post. U.S. Cuts Number of Delegates to World AIDS Meeting.

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