UNITAID/IDPF Launched by France and Partners
Publiée le : 28 June 2006
On 7 June 2006 at a ceremony organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the international drug purchase facility, UNITAID/IDPF, ...
... was inaugurated after an initial presentation at a special sitting of the UN General Assembly on 1st and 2nd June. The programme, an initiative of France and Brazil, alongside Chile and Norway, seeks to facilitate developing country access to treatment for AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The aim is to provide a better response to the needs of developing countries in terms of drug production volumes and price levels. The scheme will be complementary to action of the major International Organisations (WHO, Unicef and the Global Fund to Fight against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis) and be implemented with the support of the NGOs. Funding will be through a special levy on air tickets. The mechanism will provide a reliable and sustainable source of funding with solid prospects for growth in line with expanding air traffic. Apart from the four founding countries, ten other countries have pledged to adopt the levy: Cyprus, Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Jordan, Luxemburg, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nicaragua and the UK. About 40 countries in all have indicated their support for project.
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