UNITAID/IDPF Launched by France and Partners

Publiée le : 28 June 2006

... 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.

Toutes les actualités

Publiée le 03 January 2007	:	France to Contribute 300 Million Euros in 2007 to the Global Fund to Fight Aids
Publiée le 28 June 2006	:	Animal Diseases and Bird Flu
Publiée le 28 June 2006	:	UNITAID/IDPF Launched by France and Partners