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محتوى الصفحة: Home > مجلة النقل الدولي "Transport International" > Issue 12 July 2003 > Bargaining for Life > The right to treatment
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In 2001, Vuyani Jacobs, 32, contracted severe TB and an extreme form of bacterial meningitis. He lost his memory, his hearing, his hair, and so much weight that when he sat down it hurt to sit on pure skin and bone.
"At that point I knew I had AIDS," recalls Jacobs, who has been living with HIV for 11 years. "But then I started taking anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs). Within a month my viral load was undetectable and I rapidly got well."
Jacobs was one of the lucky ones, a patient of the international NGO Medecins sans Frontiers, which runs clinics in South Africa, and buys in cheap generic drugs from Brazil. However life-saving ARVs are not available to many people in South Africa, or in many other African countries. Governments cannot afford, or refuse to pay for, the official, patented products, and cheaper generic versions are not readily available.
Jacobs is labour coordinator for the Treatment Action Campaign in South Africa, whose ultimate goal is to secure a government-sponsored public system of treatment for HIV/AIDS. Jacobs believes ARVs are an urgent bargaining issue for trade unions, who must fight to ensure that employers and governments do all they can. The issue of sustainability is crucial - any support secured from companies must be committed, long term, and part of an overall strategy.
"You must start with education, training, peer groups, support groups, and then you can think about treatment," Jacobs says. Drugs are not appropriate for all people living with HIV/AIDS, and those who could benefit have to follow a demanding regimen of medication. Support in the workplace can play a vital role.
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Issue 12 July 2003
صفحات أخرى لـ Issue 12 July 2003:
An opportunity that mustn't be missed | Concessions are a sell-out | Long ride to safety | New union for a new country | Shipping at a crossroads | Regional rescue | Briefing: International framework agreements | Commentary: Talking for tomorrow | Reflections | Working life
صفحات أخرى لـ Bargaining for Life:
Travelling AIDS counsellors in Uganda | ILO Code of Practice | Trucking against AIDS | Drop-in centres in Bangladesh
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