Press Coverage relating to issuance of April 4th, 2001 Consensus Statement

 

• "A Wider War on AIDS in Africa and Asia," 4/30/01, New York Times
  
• "A Victory - and a New War Big Pharma Gave Up the Fight...," Newsweek International, 4/30/01
  
• "A matter of life and death," 4/24/01, Australasian Business Intelligence
  
• "Global AIDS Strategy May Prove Elusive; More Funds Available, But Consensus Lacking," 4/24/01, Washington Post
  
• "How to Get AIDS Drugs to Africa," 4/23/01, Business Week
  
• "Why moral victory is not enough for Africa," Independent (UK), 4/20/01
  
• "Drug-maker pricks MNC arrogance," Statesman (India), 4/20/01
  
• "A crack in the resolve of an industry...," 4/19/01, Financial Times
  
• "For the second time in 700 years, a disease threatens to wipe out 25 million people," Indianapolis Star, 4/17/01
  
• "Experts call for global fund to combat AIDS and other diseases crippling Africa," 4/17/01, Associated PressAP Worldstream
  
• "AIDS in Africa: Churches Can Help," 4/17/01, Boston Globe
  
• "Many holes in AIDS plan for Africa,"  4/16/01, Boston Globe
  
• "AIDS Relief a Distant Dream in South Africa," Hartford Courant, 4/15/01
  
• "What the 'U' can do in global fight against AIDS," 4/12/01, Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
• "Stars and Stripes - SA Could Lead by Example in Adopting," 4/11/01, South Africa Business Day
• "Hope on Africa's AIDS," Boston Globe, 4/11/01
  
• "An Ounce of Prevention," Times-Picayune (New Orleans), 4/10/01
  
• "Senate OKs doubling of Africa AIDS funding," USA Today, 4/9/01
  
• "Aid for Aids," Financial Times, 4/9/01
  
• "Foundations plead for AIDS prevention...," San Jose Mercury News, 4/8/01
  
• "UN Plans to Raise $6 Billion a Year to Fight Africa AIDS," Knight-Ridder Newspapers, 4/8/01
  
• Vice President Dick Cheney responds to query about administration's plan to address the AIDS issue in light of consensus report, NBC News "Meet the Press" 4/8/01
  
• "Gates Urges More Funds for HIV Prevention," Washington Post, 4/8/01
  
• "Policy on AIDS in Africa debated leaders say prevention should be focus," Boston Globe, 4/7/01
  
• "Senate OKs amendment to increase AIDS funding to poor countries," Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/7/01
  
• "Philanthropists call for more spending on AIDS prevention," Associated Press, 4/7/01
  
• "A Global Fund for the Fight Against AIDS," (Editorial by Jeffrey D. Sachs) Washington Post, 4/7/01
  
• Harvard blueprint aims to get drugs to poor," South Africa Business Day, 4/6/01
  
• "U.S. Study Backs AIDS Care for Africa," International Herald Tribune, 4/6/01
  
• "Annan wins AIDS drug price cuts; Six companies agree to discounts as U.N. prepares massive campaign against the epidemic," Los Angeles Times 4/6/01
  
• "Harvard proposes central AIDS assistance fund," Inter Press Service, 4/6/01
  
• "Study estimates cost to treat AIDS in Africa," San Jose Mercury News, 4/5/01
  
• "Study says rich nations can foot African AIDS bill," Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.) 4/5/01
  
• "Pharmaceutical companies back U.N. on AIDS drugs," Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 4/5/01
  
• "Group at Harvard Calls for Fund To Pay for Africa AIDS Programs," Wall Street Journal, 4/5/01
  
• "Rich countries urged to aid Africans with AIDS," USA Today, 4/5/01
  
• "Call for global fund to fight African Aids," Financial Times, 4/5/01
  
• "Group offers AIDS plan for Africa: Harvard proposal calls for billions from rich nations," Boston Globe, 4/5/01
  
• "Harvard drafts plan to get AIDS drugs to Africa," CNN, 4/5/01
  
• "Harvard Professors Call For More Money To Fight AIDS," Harvard Crimson, 4/5/01
  
• "Africa AIDS plan unveiled; $1.5 billion asked from U.S.," Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/5/01
  
• "AIDS Care For Africa Affordable, Study Says," Washington Post, 4/5/01
  
• "Harvard Urges AIDS Trust Fund Rich nations would pay for drug system in poor," Newsday, 4/5/01
  
• "US urges AIDS treatment drive in poor lands," Reuters, 4/4/01
  
• NPR's Richard Knox reports on a new plan issued by Harvard University to bring AIDS treatments to the developing world, NPR 4/4/01 (Real Audio) Transcript available here
  
• "Massive new effort to combat African AIDS is planned," Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/4/01
  
• CID Director Jeffrey Sachs on AIDS in Africa, NE Cable News 4/3/01 (Real Video Presentation)

 

 

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