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Need for activism in HIV advocacy stressed at #AIDS2024

The need for activism was stressed at International AIDS Conference 2024, or AIDS2024, with pharmaceutical companies in particular being pinpointed for prioritizing profit over saving lives.

The need for activism was stressed at International AIDS Conference 2024, or AIDS2024, with pharmaceutical companies in particular being pinpointed for prioritizing profit over saving lives.

Activists from Colombia, for instance, rallied to highlight how pharmaceutical giants ViiV and GSK “failed to give us solutions” in producing life-saving medicines in their country. There, these for-profit companies refused to produce the medicines needed, and when the government took over the production by using patent approaches already used by Western countries like the USA to allow it to access IP rights on lifesaving solutions, the companies decided to sue the government.

If anything, the rallies held in the conference continue to highlight how, in HIV advocacy, activism continues to be needed. – WITH MICHAEL DAVID dela Cruz TAN

Call him A.M. (short for Albert Magallanes, obviously; though - he says - also to "signify being on the go, as people tend to be in the mornings"). A graduate of BS Physical Therapy (in DLS Health Sciences Institute), he found his calling ("Sort of," he laughed) attempting to organize communities ("While having fun in the process," he beamed). For instance, in Las Piñas where he is based, he helps helm an MSM group that has evolved from just offering social events to aiding its members as needed. He now writes for Outrage Magazine as the Las Piñas (and southern) correspondent.

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