December 1, 2022|Access to Medicines, COVID-19, Funding the Fight, Health Justice, Transparency & AccountabilityFORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE: On World AIDS Day, People with HIV, Long COVID and ME/CFS Protest Biden’s Pandemics Neglect, Urge Funding from Congress in Demonstration Outside the White HouseDecember 1, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In an unprecedented on-site and virtual World AIDS Day protest, people with HIV united with chronically ill and disabled people with Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), and others, in a rally today outside the…
September 21, 2022|Funding the FightStatement from Health GAP Executive Director Asia Russell on the Seventh Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 21, 2022 Statement from Health GAP Executive Director Asia Russell on the Seventh Replenishment Conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria “The world was watching for success at today’s seventh replenishment conference…
July 28, 2022|Access to Medicines, Funding the Fight, Health JusticeHealth GAP Statement regarding ViiV – MPP Voluntary Licensing Agreement for CAB-LAFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2022 Health GAP Statement regarding ViiV - MPP Voluntary Licensing Agreement for CAB-LA “Just four months ago, ViiV announced it would not pursue voluntary licensing for CAB-LA to allow generic manufacturing and accessible pricing for…
July 27, 2022|Funding the Fight, Health Justice, Transparency & AccountabilityAs the International AIDS Conference Kicks Off in Montreal, New UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Shows Deadly Backsliding Away From Ending the Pandemic, With AIDS Deaths No Longer DecliningFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2022 As the International AIDS Conference Kicks Off in Montreal, New UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Shows Deadly Backsliding Away From Ending the Pandemic, With AIDS Deaths No Longer Declining Perfect storm rising of pandemic competition,…
March 29, 2022|Funding the FightBiden’s PEPFAR Funding Cuts Put People with HIV at Greater RiskPresident Biden’s FY23 budget proposal includes a $20 million cut to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and a $5 million cut to UNAIDS along with other budget actions that result in an overall funding cut to existing…
March 14, 2022|Funding the FightSTARVING BILATERAL AIDS PROGRAMS OF LIFE-SAVING FUNDING INCREASES HARMS FIGHT AGAINST GLOBAL HIV AND COVID-19Diminishing PEPFAR’s Role in the COVID Response is a Grave Misstep The Omnibus spending bill for FY22 released by congressional appropriators proposes flat funding for the U.S. bilateral AIDS program (PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a decision…
June 28, 2021|Funding the FightHouse Appropriations Subcommittee Budget Proposal Provides Just 20% of Funding Increase Needed to End AIDS by 2030A Decade of Chronic Underfunding and COVID-19 Pandemic Mean a Minimum $750 million Increase is Needed to Put the US Global HIV Response Back on Track The House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) tonight…
May 28, 2021|Funding the FightBy Flat Funding Global AIDS, Biden’s Budget Undermines Global Progress to Defeat AIDS and Weakens the COVID-19 ResponseIn response to the release today of Biden’s proposed FY22 budget to Congress, Matthew Rose, Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy at Health GAP, said: “President Biden’s first detailed budget displays a lack of bold leadership motivated to end…
April 9, 2021|Funding the FightBiden’s First Budget Won’t Put the World on Track to End AIDSFollowing the release of the outline of President Joseph R. Biden’s first budget, Matthew Rose, Director of U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Health GAP, said: “After years of neglect during the Trump and Obama years, President Biden’s proposed global health budget…
July 24, 2020|Funding the FightCongress’ COVID-19 Response to African Countries: “Dig more graves.”Congress’ COVID-19 Response to African Countries: “Dig more graves.” $20 billion in Emergency Funding is Needed to Respond to COVID-19 and HIV Pandemics; Current Funding Proposals Fall Dangerously Short As South Africa – the African country with the largest COVID-19…
