TABLE OF CONTENTS
FEATURES
- The 1st Annual Awards for Action on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
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House of Commons Committee Releases Report on Canada’s Drug StrategyHIV/AIDS in Prisons: Recent Developments
CANADIAN NEWS
- Canada Refuses to Issue a Visa to an HIV-Positive Worker on Antiretroviral Drugs
- Supervised Injection Sites: Minister of Health Ready to Review Applications for Pilot Research Projects
- Minister Reaffirms Commitment to Provide Medical Marijuana, but Delays Continue
- Canada Will Have a National HIV Vaccine Plan
- Senate Committee Calls for Major New Spending on Health Care
- Provinces Create Centralized System for Assessing New Drugs
- Regulators Deny Access to Experimental Hepatitis C Drug
- Medical Association Calls for Routine HIV Testing of Pregnant Women
- HIV Study among Pregnant Aboriginal Women Raises Concerns
- Vancouver Police Raid Needle Exchange Run by Drug Users
- Studies Document Gender Differences in HIV Risk and Impact
In Brief
- RCMP Lay Charges in Tainted-Blood Scandal
- Spitting Incident Leads to Renewed Calls for Mandatory Testing
- Alberta Gets a Second Methadone Clinic
- Youth Prevented from Giving Out Condoms at a Catholic Festival
- NWT Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gender Identity
INTERNATIONAL NEWS
- Chinese Scholars Call for AIDS Rules Based on Respect for Individual Rights
- ILO Training for Industrial Court Judges
- International Forums
- African Regional Meeting on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
- Nigeria Health Rights Group Provides Legal Support
- Legislative Initiatives in the Asia Pacific Region
- HIV/AIDS Discrimination in the Asia Pacific Region
- Police Abuses Hinder HIV Prevention in Cambodia and India
- HIV Testing: Progress in Hungary, Problems in Russia
- El Salvador: Legislature Removes Law Allowing Pre-employment HIV Testing
GLOBAL ACCESS TO TREATMENT
- South Africa: Highest Court Orders Government to Provide Antiretrovirals to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission
- Update to International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights
- UN Commission on Human Rights Adopts Resolutions on Access to Medication, Right to Health
- WHO Initiatives to Increase Access to Treatment in Developing Countries
- Global Fund Decides to Promote Use of Generic Drugs
- UK Commission Concludes International Patent Laws Hinder Access to Medicines in Developing Countries
- Thailand: Successful Challenge to Invalid Patent Claim on Antiretrovirals
- China: Government Issues Licences for Three Antiretrovirals
- Kenya: Legislative Amendments Ease Imports of Generic Drugs
- South Africa: Voluntary Licence to Generic Drug Company for Nevirapine
- South Africa: TAC, COSATU and Allies File Complaint of Excessive Pricing
- WTO: US and Argentina Settle Dispute over Patents and Data Protection
- Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Hearing on Access to Treatment in Latin America and the Caribbean
HIV/AIDS IN THE COURTS — CANADA
- BC Court Orders Government to Pay for Treatment
- Discrimination in Same-Sex Survivor Amendments to the Canada Pension Plan
- Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Tainted-Blood Case
- Supreme Court Denies Leave to Appeal in Medical Marijuana Charter Challenge
- Vancouver Island Compassion Club President Receives Absolute Discharge
- BC Court of Appeal Refuses to Reduce Sentence for HIV-Positive Prisoner
- Criminal Law and HIV Transmission/Exposure: More New Cases
BARCELONA 2002: LAW, ETHICS,AND HUMAN RIGHTS
- An Advocacy and Political Conference Produces a Consensus: Effective Action Is Urgently Required
- Global Battle Cry: Health is a Right, Not a Commodity
- The Need for Harm-Reduction Approaches in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
- Using the Law to Improve Access to Treatments
- Introducing ARVs in Resource-Poor Settings: Challenges and Consequences
- "I Have No Watch, But I Haven’t Missed a Dose"
- Advancing Research and Access to HIV Vaccines: A Framework for Action
- Juggling Individual and Collective Concerns with Respect to HIV/AIDS Policies
- Toward a More Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS
- HIV Testing for Peacekeeping Forces: Legal and Human Rights Issues
- HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination:A Conceptual Framework
- Barcelona 2002: Abstracts on Legal, Ethical, and Human Rights Issues