This is an archive of the Treatment Action Campaign's public documents from December 1998 until October 2008. I created this website because the TAC's website appears unmaintained and people were concerned that it
was becoming increasingly hard to find important documents.

The menu items have been slightly edited and a new stylesheet applied to the site. But none of the documents have been edited, not even for minor errors. The text appears on this site as obtained from the Internet Archive.

The period covered by the archive encompassed the campaign for HIV medicines, the civil disobedience campaigns, the Competition Commission complaints, the 2008 xenophobic violence and the PMTCT, Khayelitsha health workers and Matthias Rath court cases.

Antiretrovirals

Adcock Ingram’s ARV recall

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Adcock Ingram has issued a recall of certain batches of Adco-Nevirapine and Adco-Zidovudine (what is commonly known as AZT) due to a packaging error. It was discovered by Adcock Ingram that blister packs of Adco-Nevirapine had been packed into nine packs of Adco-Zidovudine. The Nevirapine blister packs were labelled correctly but they had been inserted into AZT boxes.

As a precautionary measure Adcock Ingram is recalling entire batches of the affected anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). The recalled boxes are: Adco-Nevirapine batch number 1J, expiry date January 2009; and Adco-Zidovudine batch number 1Z, expiry date November 2008. All recalled drugs will be replaced by the correct medication.

Submission on Draft Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Health Facilities

TAC has a made a submission to the Department of Health (DoH) and the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) on the new draft DoH Guidelines on the Management of HIV in Health Facilities (Guidelines). The submission presented yesterday (16 May) by Zackie Achmat at a meeting of SANAC's Techinal Task Team on HIV Treatment, Care and Support. Later this month the submission will also be presented at the SANAC Plenary.

ALP memorandum on state antiretroviral tender

The AIDS Law Project (ALP) has written a memorandum explaining the serious problems with the antiretroviral tender that the state has put out.

Antiretroviral Sites

Find a public antiretroviral site or private doctor where you can be treated for HIV.

ARV Poster Series

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ARV Poster Series
Publication Year: 
2006
Description: 

A set of eight posters covering various aspects antiretroviral treatment. Aimed at everyone.

ARVs in our Lives

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ARVs in our Lives
Publication Year: 
2007
Description: 

A detailed guide to antiretroviral treatment aimed at people with advanced treatment literacy skills.

Talk About Antiretrovirals

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Talk About Antiretrovirals
Publication Year: 
2006
Description: 

Pamphlet on antiretrovirals

Letter from Head of the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society to Sowetan Newspaper

On Wednesday, Sowetan newspaper ran a disturbing story about a man on antiretrovirals who had a particularly bad case of lipodystrophy and grew breasts. This story highlights the need for doctors and nurses to monitor antiretroviral side-effects closely and to take patients concerns about their side-effects seriously. It also shows how important it is for patients to inform their health providers as soon as they experience possible side-effects. 

TAC letter to President Mbeki about Virodene

TAC Electronic Newsletter

 Contents

  • Tenofovir Campaign details and memo

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