HIVMA opposes The Gambia's unproven AIDS remedy
Leading HIV experts are alarmed that the government of The Gambia is encouraging citizens living with HIV to stop taking antiretroviral medications in order to try an unproven herbal remedy. The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) calls on President Yahya Jammeh to cease his unproven claims that the treatment "cures" AIDS. Earlier this year, President Jammeh began applying his treatment to a...UN committee opposes human cloning
A United Nations panel has fired yet another salvo into the human-cloning battle, which was punctuated recently by the United Kingdom's decision to allow therapeutic researchers to grow cloned embryos with up to around 200 cells. In a divided vote, the United Nations' Legal Committee this week recommended that the General Assembly call on all member nations to "prohibit all forms of huma...Islamic Medical Ethics opposes Irreversible contraceptive and surrogate motherhood.
During a workshop on Islamic Medical Ethics new rules and flexibility to certain existing rules were done. The workshop was attended by national and international physicians who wanted the Islamic Medical Ethics little comfortable and flexible. //Dr. Malika Haque, Clinical Professor Pediatrics, Ohio State University and Dr. Mohammad Amin, Shifa College of Medicine had recommended several...HIV Patients Opposes Patenting Of AIDS Drug
An Indian group of people living with HIV/AIDS have opposed a patent application filed by global pharma major GlaxoSmithKline for Combivir, a fixed dose combination AIDS drug on the grounds that it would make the treatment unaffordable. // Represented by the Lawyers' Collective HIV/AIDS Unit, the Indian Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS and the Manipur Network of Positive People...Goa Christian Council Opposes Mandatory HIV Test
The Council for Social Justice and Peace of then Archidiocese of Goa and Daman has advocated voluntary and not mandatory HIV testing before marriage. // Reacting to reports in sections of the media about a state government move to bring in legislation to make HIV tests mandatory before marriage to arrest the spread of AIDS, the church authorities said such testing should be "voluntary...OPPI Opposes Draft National Pharmaceuticals Policy
Coming down heavily on the draft National Pharmaceuticals Policy, industry body OPPI has said the proposed policy will hamper the growth of the pharmaceutical sector // and lead to the destruction of Indian pharma companies. "The previous governments had reduced the number of drugs under control from 347 to 143 and finally to 74. The Drug Policy in February 2002 had proposed a further...