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Join Health GAP for our annual Global Health Justice Awards

Last year, Health GAP partied in the Matthew Marks Gallery with Nan Goldin. Rachel Maddow has been known to stop by and say a few words. More than that, over 200 AIDS activists get together to eat, drink and dance. Don't miss the fun this year...

JUDSON MEMORIAL CHURCH, WASHINGTON SQUARE SOUTH, NYC 6PM
HONORING: RUTH MESSINGER, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD SERVICE; ROB WEISSMAN, PRESIDENT, PUBLIC CITIZEN; LAURA WHITEHORN, JOURNALIST, SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST, FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER. If you would like to take out an ad in our commemorative journal to celebrate our awardees or congratulate Health GAP, please click here!

AIDS Activists Applaud Indian Supreme Court Novartis Decision

“Pharmacy to the Developing World” Puts Health Over Big Pharma Profits;Activists Demand Obama Administration Change Course on Trans Pacific Partnership.

AIDS Activists today hailed the stunning victory for poor patients throughout the world as the Indian Supreme Court ruled against a Novartis challenge to India’s progressive patent laws. Novartis challenged the denial of its patent for the cancer medicine Glivec, in a test case aimed at undermining India’s strict patent law, claiming it should be interpreted to allow multiple successive patents for minor changes to existing medicines. But the Court today rejected that challenge—upholding India’s rights under the WTO to limit the patenting of drugs to those that provide truly new or increasingly effective drugs, instead of patenting superficial changes as Novartis has demanded.

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AIDS Activists Demand a Robin Hood Tax to End AIDS in DC

Over 300 AIDS activists got on the bus to Washington, DC on Saturday, April 20, 2013 to demand a Robin Hood Tax to End AIDS, fight global climate change, build housing, strengthen education and provide jobs! The protest coincided with the IMF/World Bank spring meetings and the G20 Finance Minister's meeting. 11 countries in the Eurozone have just passed a Robin Hood Tax. AIDS activists from Health GAP, VOCAL-NY, ACT UP NY, ACT UP Philly, QUEEROCRACY and ACT UP RI marched to the U.S. Treasury Department and brought the message home to Secretary Lew. If you couldn't make it to the rally you can see it here: http://robinhoodtax.org/robinhood-live . If you are inspired and want to get involved in Robin Hood Tax organizing, contact michael@healthgap.org

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