subject: Wrestlers with AIDS [print this page] International organizations for the protection of the rights of HIV-infected patients accused the U.S. of obstructing the spread of antiretroviral drugs, reports Ars Technica. His claim to the Office of U.S. Trade Representative Office of the United States Trade Representative, USTR) members of public organizations presented in the letter the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to health Anand Grover (Anand Grover).
Dissatisfaction with human rights organizations, including the Health Global Access Project, Foundation for AIDS Rights, as well as the representation of the "Network of People Living with HIV / AIDS in New Delhi, has caused an annual report to USTR by naming" Special 301 ". This paper assesses the completeness and efficiency of measures to protect the rights of the author and intellectual property in different countries and includes lists of the most disadvantaged in this regard states.
According to human rights activists, U.S. officials, referring to the international Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, use the report to USTR to pressure on various countries producing cheap analogues of patented medicines (so-called "generics") for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection and AIDS. According to the report "Special 301" from 2009 among these countries were Brazil, India and Thailand. In 2010, the USTR has made Thailand a priority list of such countries.
NGO representatives believe that countries that produce generic drugs, using legitimate methods to ensure the population access to health care in crisis conditions of the health system. According to the defenders, USTR's position contradicts statements made by Obama, who called for major pharmaceutical companies to increase the availability of essential medicines.
