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.

Additional TAC Newsletter - 6 June 2003

• TAC Statement on Growth and Development Summit
• WWW Link to TAC's Annual Report
• WWW Link to Report (with photographs) on International Day of Action, 24 April 2003 (once more: thanks to all those who participated)
• WWW Link to joint TAC publication of Southern African HIV Clinicians Soicety Guidelines for Antiretroviral Treatment for Adults: 
• • Pages 1-10
  • Pages 11-21
    

TAC Statement on Growth and Development Summit

On Saturday 7 June 2003, from 09h00-10h00, the Treatment Action Campaign will be holding a picket at the entrance to the Growth and Development Summit at Gallagher Estate, Midrand.

TAC supports the Growth and Development Summit and supports the proposals that have been made by Labour and Community that aim to create sustainable employment and community development for those who are currently being kept outside of the formal economy.

However, TAC believes that growth and development without a much more serious approach to the HIV/AIDS epidemic will not be sustainable, as recognized by the ANC conference of December 2002.  Economic growth is being harmed by 600 AIDS-related deaths a day.  Social capital and investment is being lost in 600 AIDS-related deaths a day. Lives will be saved and jobs created if there is a commitment to local manufacture of generic medicines, as part of a Treatment Plan.

It is 6 months since the NEDLAC HIV/AIDS task team finalized the draft Framework Agreement on a National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Plan.  Business says it is willing to sign an agreement.  Only government remains outstanding. 

TAC calls on the parties at the Growth and Development Summit to:

• Make a clear commitment to preventing and treating HIV infection.
• Announce a national public and private sector antiretroviral programme.
• Complete and Sign the NEDLAC HIV/AIDS Framework agreement.

TAC looks forward to a constructive meeting with Deputy President and SANAC on 14th June 2003. Before then we urge every member of cabinet to work night and day to finalise the decision on an anti-retroviral treatment programme, on  which so many lives depend.

For further information, please contact:

Mark Heywood                                083 634 8806

Pholokgolo Ramothwala                      082 969 8691