1) Do not cut health financing, rather boost it,
2) Drop the debt,
3) Make medicines accessible and available to all because we cannot accept an apartheid when it comes to access to medicines - human lives of those in Global South are not regarded as having the same value as those in the Global North,
4) Support communities as they know best, and
5) Reject hate and choose love."
Affordable and accessible health choices for everyone
Study results in June 2024 showed that a new long-acting medicine called Lenacapavir helps protect young girls and women from HIV 100% (when used as a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP - and taken twice yearly - one injection every six months). But the price of this medicine is over US$ 40,000 per person per year.
However, generic manufacturers may be able to make Lenacapavir for less than US$ 100 per person per year, shares Winnie. "GILEAD and other patent holders of long-acting treatments and PrEP HIV prevention tools need to grant generic licensing using the UN-backed Medicine Patents Pool and make those generics available for all people in Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America," said Winnie.
"Many technical innovations are only transformative if they are available for those who need them," she added.
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