The ITPCru Treatment Preparedness Coalition, together with Life4me +, is helping people living with HIV from the EECA region and other countries of the world who are forced to stay abroad due to interrupted intercountry transport linkages.
Continue readingA united database of startups and innovators from around the world to help with fighting against COVID-19
In a pandemic, timely information is an important aspect of the response to the viral threat. Coronavirus is a problem requiring new and quick solutions, therefore, the timing of communication between thematic startups and users is essential. Accordingly, there was a need to create a single online resource for exchanging information with all interested parties. A special platform containing a complete map of innovation regarding the status of the virus, the fight against it and its consequences.
Continue readingExpanding Access to Vital Technologies
Patents and licenses for modern medications for the treatment of various diseases (in particular, such as HIV infection and related opportunistic infections, tuberculosis and others) limit the competition of offers, promote non-transparent pricing and the high cost of treatment. As a result, access to the necessary medicines for a large number of people requiring treatment is difficult, and effective timely counteraction to the spread of diseases is complicated, and it is impossible to reduce mortality and to improve the quality of life of the world’s population.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and state restrictions, more and more people living with HIV are seeking help outside their native countries in gaining access to life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART). Failure to cross borders during blockages, overloaded health systems that are poorly adapted to meet the needs of migrants and foreigners, stigma, discrimination, and sometimes, even, criminalization of PLHIV and key populations – all these issues contribute to the risk of ART interruption.
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