On Tuesday January 29, at the AIDS Consortium in Johannesburg, South Africa, MSF and fellow groups shall make announcement regarding the use of generic antiretroviral drugs in South Africa.
Members of the Treatment Action Campaign and Médecins Sans Frontières will explain how this action cuts in half the cost of AIDS drugs used in a pilot programme run by Médecins Sans Frontières.
MSF will report on the use of antiretroviral therapy in Khayelitsha, a township of Cape Town, and on the feasibility of the use these drugs in resource-poor settings
The groups will call on the South African government and pharmaceutical companies to take all steps necessary to ensure availability of treatment
Speakers
Dr. Eric Goemaere
Head of Mission, MSF-South Africa
Zackie Achmat
Chairperson, TAC
Matthew Damane
person living with HIV/AIDS on MSF antiretroviral programme
Dan Mullins
Regional HIV/AIDS Coordinator, Oxfam Tuesday, 29 January 2002 at noon AIDS Consortium 4th floor, Auckland House 185 Smit Street Braamfontein, Johannesburg