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The problem with patents

This joint policy brief outlines how patents, and their effect on the cost of HIV treatment, threatens to undermine the HIV response in middle-income countries.

Patents: the factsResearch

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Make Medicines Affordable campaign challenges abus Make Medicines Affordable campaign challenges abuses of the #patent system. Our strategies include making successful legal and technical interventions, in-line with international trade agreements, and working to strengthen patent laws to create long-term change. #MedicineEqualityNow © Bangkok, Thailand, 2019. © @gemmataylorphoto / Make Medicines Affordable
"We need spread more information around HIV and en "We need spread more information around HIV and ensure access to affordable treatment". Theo Keborate. #Botswana, 2021 © Letso Leipego/Majority World/Make Medicines Affordable/2021
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Every year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis (TB). Despite being a preventable and curable disease, 1.5 million people die from TB each year – making it the infectious disease that claims the most lives worldwide.TB is the leading cause of death of people with HIV and most of the people who fall ill with TB live in low- and middle-income countries.#EndTB ... See MoreSee Less

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