Compulsory licensing in Thailand

We urge you to use your position to support the health of all people living with HIV/AIDS by publicly endorsing the Thai compulsory licenses rather than criticizing the legal actions of a sovereign nation…

8 February 2007

Dear Dr. Chan,
We represent people living with HIV/AIDS and their advocates around the world who are fighting for access to affordable treatment for HIV. We are extremely disappointed by your recent comments to the Royal Thai Government, regarding compulsory licensing, that you feel "we have to find a right balance for compulsory licensing. We can't be naive about this. There is no perfect solution for accessing drugs in both quality and quantity" (Bangkok Post, 2 February 2007, "WHO raps compulsory licensing plan Govt urged to seek talks with drug firms").

We are writing to request that you reconsider your comments regarding the Thai government’s decision to issue a compulsory license for the production or importation of three drugs, two for treating HIV/AIDS. You have been entrusted, in your position as director general of WHO, to work for “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health.” We believe that your comments last week do not reflect this mission, and in fact work against it.

We expected that you would have congratulated Thailand for its efforts, completely legal under WTO rules, to increase public health and access to medicines for its people.

As you know, TRIPS grants the right to countries to act in the interests of public health and override the monopoly power that a patent grants a company if the need arises. As reaffirmed in the Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, each WTO member "has the right to grant compulsory licences and the freedom to determine the grounds upon which such licences are granted" (Doha Declaration, Article 5(b)). Also, according to the TRIPS agreement Article 31(b), as well as Thai law, a compulsory license for government use does not require prior negotiation with the patent-holder.

You mention finding a “balance” issuing compulsory licenses. While this may sound reasonable on the surface, surely you are aware that the pharmaceutical companies have time and again shown that they are only committed to maximizing their own profits. In the case of Kaletra, one of the three drugs for which Thai authorities issued a compulsory license, Abbott (which produces Kaletra) pursues a deeply cynical and profiteering marketing strategy within the US that was recently revealed by internal company memos (see Wall Street Journal, 3 January 2007, "Inside Abbott's tactics to protect AIDS drug"). In July 2006, Abbott announced a new “discounted” price for Kaletra in developing countries such as Thailand, but the price (US$2200/year/person) still includes more than 300% profit margin and would create undue financial burdens on the Thai government’s universal treatment program, making this program financially unsustainable.

Your predecessor at the WHO, Dr Lee Jong-wook, led a bold and courageous campaign to treat 3 million people with HIV/AIDS by 2005. Though the campaign failed to reach this goal, it proved to the world that effective AIDS treatment can be provided in the developing world, and helped create the momentum to produce affordable generic medicines to carry out that treatment. These generic medicines are today keeping millions of people alive, and providing hope to millions more. We need you, as a world leader in public health, to take the lead and keep the spirit of Dr Lee’s initiative alive by supporting all possible efforts to provide more affordable and effective treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS in developing countries, especially the promotion of generic competition, which has proven over and over to be the most important factor in decreasing the cost of medicines. The Thai government’s actions are keeping Dr. Lee's initiative alive. We urge you to use your position to support the health of all people living with HIV/AIDS by publicly endorsing the Thai compulsory licenses rather than criticizing the legal actions of a sovereign nation.

Best Regards

Cc:
# Country Representatives, WHO National Offices

# Peter Piot, UNAIDS

# Kevin DeCock, Director, HIV/AIDS department WHO

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Gregg Gonsalves
AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa
Cape Town, South Africa
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Odilon Couzin
China AIDS Info
Beijing, China
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Signed by

Members of the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, People living with HIV/AIDS, and other organizations and advocates for treatment access:

1. Aasare, Karnataka, India
2. Aasha Kiranam Welfare Association, Andhra Pradesh,India
3. Aasha+, Andhra Pradesh,India
4. Aavash Samuha, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Kathmandu, Nepal
5. ACTUP-NY, USA
6. Aditya Bondyopadhyay, Director, National MSM and HIV Human Rights Task Force
7. h Hua, Guangzhou, China
8. AIDS Law Project, South Africa
9. Aikyatha Welfare Assn., Andhra Pradesh,India
10. Alain Volny Anne, France
11. Alessandra Nilo, Brazil
12. Alexánder Hernández Aguilar, San José, Costa Rica
13. Alexander Tsekhanovich, Humanitarian Action Fund, St Petersburg, Russia
14. ALexey Kozyrev, "Yasen", Russia
15. Alexey Kropinov "AIDS infoshare" Russia
16. Alexious Zindoga, Zimbabwe Activists Against HIV and AIDS, National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe
17. Aliagal Society, India
18. Alison Katz, People's Health Movement, Geneva
19. All Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan’s Union of PLWH, Kazakhstan
20. Amar Deep, Karnataka, India
21. AMMA, Andhra Pradesh,India
22. Anastasia Agafonova, ITPCRU, Russia, Saint-Petersburg
23. Andrey Zlobin, NGO "Kama Plus", Russia
24. Andy Quan, Collaborative Fund for HIV/AIDS Treatment Preparedness, Australia
25. Anjan Amatya, RAC/TRP Nepal for SATP
26. Anne-Christine d'Adesky, WE-ACTx
27. Anya Sarang, Russian Harm Reduction Network
28. Ao Xiaoling, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
29. APNSW (asia pacific network of sex workers)
30. Aruna Hewapathirane, HEAL Foundation, Sri Lanka
31. Asia Russel, USA
32. Asma Saleem, Samyak foundation ,Delhi
33. Asociacion de Minorias Sexuales del Uruguay
34. Asociación PROSA, Perú
35. Azita Amirieh, Persia+, Tehran, Iran
36. Bang Guolong, Ruili, Yunnan, China)
37. Banjop B. Kharwanlang, Voluntary Health Association of Meghalaya, Shillong, India
38. Belaku - Karnataka, India
39. Bishakha Datta, Executive Director, Point of View, Mumbai, India
40. Blue Diamond Society, Kathmandu, Nepal
41. Bonano Ndola, Zambia
42. Brian Haill, President, The Australian AIDS Fund
43. Cai Xiaofei, Sichuan, China
44. Caleb Orozco, President, United Belize Advocacy Movement, Belize
45. Cao Quanxiu, Kunming, Yunnan, China
46. Carlos Alfonso Osorio Torres,Escuela de Salud Pública, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
47. Carmen Tarrades, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, UK
48. Carol Nawina Nyirenda, Treatment Advocacy & Literacy Campaign (TALC), Zambia
49. Carole Leach-Lemens, USA
50. Caroline Mubaira, UK
51. CEEHRN, Vilnius, Lithuania
52. Chaitanya Welfare Society, Andhra Pradesh,India
53. Chen Ling, Qingyuan, China
54. Chen Lu, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
55. Chen Ming, Guangzhou, China
56. Chen Ming, Huizhou, China
57. Chen Wen, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
58. Chen Xiaolan, Huizhou, China
59. Chen Yan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
60. Chen Yongming, Kunming, Yunnan, China
61. Cheng Yunmei, Hezhou, Guangxi, China
62. Chetana, Karnataka, India
63. Chiinnunmawi, India
64. Chiltshevsiy Igor, League of PLWH of Republic Moldova , Moldova
65. Chris Collins, ITPC, USA
66. Christian Decle, KVN Positive Patients Forum, Chelsea & Westminster, UK
67. Christine Stegling, Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS, Botswana
68. Christophe Palaggi, UK Member of EATG Policy working group
69. Christopher Mukala, M.B Development agency, Community care center, Mushili
70. Chun-Min Lim, Korean Independent Cinema Against Korea-US FTA
71. Cui Maoshuai, Yiwei, Yunnan, China
72. Dan Pretorius, ALP, South Africa
73. David Otiashvili, Georgian Harm Reduction Network, Georgia
74. Dicky Kharakor, Manbha Foundation, Khasi & Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, India
75. Dominica Mudota, Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Informationa Dissemination Service, Zimbabwe
76. Dong Jianyao, Ruili, Yunnan, China
77. Doris Emmanuel, National Coordinator, Association of women living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (ASWHAN)
78. Dorothy Onyango, WOFAK
79. Dr Alessio Panza, Former Coordinator European Union HIV.AIDS Porgramme SE Asia, Italy
80. Dr Juan Fraguela, Hospital Rossi de La Plata, Argentina
81. Dr Stephen Kerr, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Australia
82. Dr. (Mrs) Rica Lamar, President Manbha Foundation, Meghalaya, India
83. Dr. Damien Wohlfahrt, EngenderHealth, Nairobi, Kenya
84. Dr. Devesh Walia, Shillong, Meghalaya, INDIA
85. Dr. Upendra Bhojani, People'e Health Movement, Australia
86. Dra. Virginia Baffigo de Pinillos, Coordinadora Nacional, Unidad de Gestión de los Programas del Fondo Mundial en el Peru, CARE Peru
87. Duo Shilu, Ruili, Yunnan, China
88. Edward Low, Positive Malaysian Treatment Access & Advocacy Group, (MTAAG+), Malaysia.
89. El Colectivo por la Vida de Perú
90. Elavarthi Manohar, Executive Director, Suraksha, Karnataka, India
91. Elizabeth M. Dax, Director, National Serology Reference Laboratory, Australia
92. Emma Tuahepa, Lironga Eparu, National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia
93. Eric Fleutelot, Sidaction, France
94. Estela Carrizo, CIAT (International Treatment Preparedness Coalition RAC), Argentina
95. European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG), Belgium
96. Evgeny Pisemskiy NGO "Foenix PLUS" Russia, Oryol
97. Fabian Betancourt, Coalición Internacional de Activistas en Tratamientos CIAT
98. Fay Chiang, Orchard Street Advocacy and Wellness Center, NYC
99. Feng Zhongwen, Guangzhou, China
100. Fogué Foguito, Positive-Generation, Cameroon
101. Francisco J. Yepes, Bogota, Colombia
102. Francisco Vidal, Punto Focal RedLa+, Vivo Positivo, Chile
103. Friends Association, Andhra Pradesh,India
104. Fu Zailian, Kunming, Yunnan, China
105. Gao Haoxiang, Ruili, Yunnan, China
106. Gao Shenwen, Sichuan, China
107. Gelaya, Karnataka, India
108. George M. Carter, Foundation for Integrative AIDS Research (FIAR), NY, USA
109. Gerardo Cabrera Reséndiz, Red Mexicana de Personas que viven con VIH, México
110. German Rincon, CIAT (International Treatment Preparedness Coalition RAC), Colombia
111. Gestos, Soropositividade, Comunicação e Gênero, Brazil
112. Glenn Cruz, Asia Pacific Rainbow, Philippines
113. Godavari Matha Welfare Assn., Andhra Pradesh, India
114. Graciela Ghirardi, Hospital Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
115. Gregg Gonsalves, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, South Africa
116. Gregory Vergus, ITPC Russia
117. Grupo Homosexual de Accion e Informacion - Mexico
118. Grupo Português de Activistas sobre Tratamentos de VIH/SIDA (GAT), Portugal
119. Guo Tao, Kunming, Yunnan, China
120. Habiba Akter, Executive Director, Ashar Alo Society, ISG/RAC, Bangaldesh
121. HAI Africa Regional Office, Kenya
122. Han Leng, Ruili, Yunnan, China
123. He Lan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
124. He Qunmei, Kunming, Yunnan, China
125. Health GAP, USA
126. Healy Thompson, Center for Health and Gender Equity, USA
127. Hou Xiulin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
128. Hu Dahai, Guangzhou, China
129. Huang Jiachang, Guangzhou, China
130. Huang Jingren, Guangzhou, China
131. Huang Shaomian, Nanning, Guangxi, China
132. Huang Yongquan, Fangcheng, Guangxi, China
133. Hunan province Aiyou Hemophiliac Association, China
134. Igor Sobolev, Estonia, Estonian Network of PLWH, Estonia
135. Imagination For International Solidarity, Korea
136. Indira Pathak, Vikalp women's Group, Baroda, Gujarat, India
137. Isidro Gbañuelos, Area Observacion y Vigilancia Ciudadana, Mexico
138. Iván Esteban Luengo Bravo, Agrupación"POSIMAS" (Vivo Positivo), Chile
139. Ivanova Anastasia, Russia
140. Ivars Kokars AGIHAS, Latvia
141. Jagruthi, Maharashtra, India
142. James Kamau, Kenya Treatment Access Movement, KETAM
143. James Packard Love, Knowledge Ecology International, USA
144. Jay Liu, AIDS Care China (Guangdong), China
145. Jeevan Jyothi Welfare Society, Andhra Pradesh, India
146. Jiang Laicun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
147. Jiangang (Frank) Zhao, Liaison Person for, China Group, Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers
148. Jielebangbeng, Ruili, China
149. Jihega, Ruili, China (Burma)
150. Jin Lunying, Kunming, Yunnan, China
151. Jin Tongjie, Ruili, Yunnan, China
152. Jin Yelin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
153. Jing Ben, Ruili, Yunnan, China
154. Jodi Jacobson, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), USA
155. John Rock, NAPWA Australia
156. Jose Luis Asencios Vega, Asociacion Animo y Aliento, Boletin Animo y Aliento, Lima, Peru
157. Jose Luis Castillo Torres, Presidente, GHAI
158. Joshua T. Formentera, Positive Action Foundation Philippines, Manila, Philippines
159. Julio Cesar Aguilera Hurtado, Fundación REDVIHDA, Bolivia
160. JULIO CESAR CRUZ REQUENES, Director Ejecutivo, la Asociación PROSA, Peru
161. Julius Amoako Bekoe,Young Activists Againsts AIDS, Ghana AIDS Treatment Access Group, Ghana
162. Kamal A Gaya, National Youth Network on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria
163. Kamilova S.Tajikistan, NGO “GULI SURKH”, Tajikistan
164. Khalil Elouardighi, Act Up-Paris, France
165. Kong Kuanzhi, Ruili, Yunnan, China
166. Korea GIST Patients Group
167. Kranti Rekah Welfare Assn. , Andhra Pradesh,India
168. Kuang Yiyong, Guangzhou, China
169. Lauren Sisson, Center for Health and Gender Equity, USA
170. Li Bo, Ruili, Yunnan, China
171. Li Fade, Yinzhou, Guangxi, China
172. Li Hai, Lingshan, Guangxi, China
173. Li Hongbin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
174. Li Hongfen, Ruili, Yunnan, China
175. Li Hua, Kunming, Yunnan, China
176. Li Kenian, Kunming, Yunnan, China
177. Li Lin, AIDS Care China (Guangxi), China
178. Li Lin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
179. Li Minghui, Kunming, Yunnan, China
180. Li Pingyu, Luoding, Guangdong, China
181. Li Shukun, Dali, Yunnan, China
182. Li Weiying, Ruili, Yunnan, China
183. Li Wenfu, Ruili, Yunnan, China
184. Li Xiaochun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
185. Li Xiaohong, Guangzhou, China
186. Li Yabin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
187. Li Yan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
188. Li Yanhua, Guizhou, China
189. Li Yanling, Kunming, Yunnan, China
190. Li Yun, Women's Wing Project, AIDS Care China, Kunming, Yunnan, China
191. Li Zhongxiang, Ruili, Yunnan, China
192. Licenciada Asmiria Niño, Presidenta de la Fundación "Asociados por la Vihda", Edo Zulia, República Bolivariana deVenezuela
193. Lilian Adhiambo, Black-CAP(Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention), Canada
194. Lin Hua, Kunming, Yunnan, China
195. Ling Wei, Yuzhou, Guangxi, China
196. Ling Yanyi, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China
197. Lisardo Osorio Quintero, Docente Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
198. Liu Anfu, Ruili, Yunnan, China
199. Liu Bin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
200. Liu Cui, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
201. Liu Heng, Xincai, Henan, China
202. Liu Jihong, Ruili, Yunnan, China
203. Liu Kun, Ruili, Yunnan, China
204. Liu Pinjia, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
205. Liu Xiaoping, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
206. Liu Yingfu, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
207. Liu Yuexing, Pingnan, Guangxi, China
208. Liu Yurong, Hechi, Guangxi, China
209. Liu Zhijun, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
210. Long Dawen, Hepu, Guangxi, China
211. Loon Gangte, Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+), India
212. Lorena Di Giano, Argentinean Network of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Argentina
213. Lot Nyirenda, Research for Equity and Community Health Trust, Malawi
214. Love Life Society - New Delhi, India
215. Lubinskaya Anna Byelorussian public union “Positive movement” , Belorus
216. Luisa K. Reyes Sanchez, Dominican Republic
217. Luo Tao, Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China
218. Lydia Mungherera, Uganda Treatment Access movement
219. Ma Binjun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
220. Ma Junna, Ruili, Yunnan, China
221. Ma Rui, Ruili, Yunnan, China
222. Ma Tuanying, Kunming, Yunnan, China
223. Ma Wenyi, Fusui, Guangxi, China
224. Mairamkan Sharipova- Public fund "INTERMEDICINE", Kyrghyzstan Republic
225. Malu S. Marin, Action for Health Initiatives (ACHIEVE), Philippines
226. Manipur Network of positive people, India
227. Manish Koirala, Prayas, Nepal
228. Manjula, Jassi Nari Adalat, Padra Gujarat, India
229. Mao Mao, Shanghai, China
230. Margaret Wambete, Kenya Network of HIV Positive Teachers
231. Mario Borini, Facultad de Medicina, UBA
232. Mark Harrington, Executive Director, Treatment Action Group, New York, USA
233. Mark Milano, ACT UP/NY
234. Mark Platt, Ukrainian AIDS Response, UK
235. Martha Tholanah, Coordinator, Zimbabwe National Network of PLWHA (ZNNP+) and Network of Zimbabwean Positive Women (NZPW+)
236. Matilda Moyo, PATAM
237. Matthew M Kavanagh, Student Global AIDS Campaign, USA
238. Mauro Guarinieri, Board member, European Network of People living with HIV/AIDS
239. Maya Sharma Parma support group for the marginalized sexualities, Baroda,
240. Medecins Sans Frontiers, Thailand
241. Melody Lalmuanpuii, ICHD, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), The Netherlands
242. Michael Gwaba, Afya Mzuri/TALC, Lusaka, Zambia
243. Michaela Clayton, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa, Namibia
244. Miguel Ernesto Cortes, Consultor OPS- OMS para estudios de propiedad intelectual en Colombia, Bolivia, Costa Rica y Guatemala
245. Mildred Jibusha Mukala- Mushili Bonano development Agency/ SOS Children's Francisco Vidal, Punto Focal, RedLa+, VIVO POSITIVO, Chile
246. Mithrudu, Andhra Pradesh,India
247. Mo Liang, Ruili, Yunnan, China
248. Mo Xiangzhan, Ruili, Yunnan, China
249. Muhammad Nasir, Social Help & Research Organization (SHRO), Bahawalpur, Pakistan
250. Naoko Kawana, Japanese Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (JaNP+), Japan
251. Natalia Utrovskaya, woman, living with HIV, St-Petersburg, Russia
252. Natasha Leonchuk, East Europe & Central Asian Union PLWH Organisations, Ukraine
253. Navajeevan Welfare Society, Andhra Pradesh,India
254. Nazar - Karnataka, India
255. Neelima Mathur, FORMEDIA (Foundation for Responsible Media), India
256. Nenet Ortega, Pinoy Plus Association, Positive Action Foundation, Philippines
257. New Light AIDS Control society, Pakistan
258. Nipasha+ - Maharashtra, India
259. NIRMAAN Association, Andhra Pradesh,India
260. Nirmaan Welfare Society, Andhra Pradesh,India
261. Nofel Sharifov "Public Organization against AIDS" - Azerbaijan
262. Nofel Sharifov, Public organization on AIDS fight, Azerbijian
263. Nonkosi Khumalo, AIDS Law Project, South Africa
264. Norman Tjombe, Legal Assistance Centre, Namibia
265. Nova Ceceliana Nelson, CARAM (Coordination of Action Research on AIDS & Mobility)
266. Obatunde Oladapo, Organization: Treatment Action Movement (TAM), Nigeria
267. Odilon Couzin, China AIDS Info, Hong Kong
268. Olga Blinova "AntiAIDS Centre" Voronezh, Russia
269. Oratile Kidd Moseki, Botswana Network on Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS
270. Oswaldo Adolfo Rada, RedLa+ Latin American Network of PLWHA endorse this letter also Fundación Apoyo y Solidaridad in Cali, Colombia
271. Otto Saki, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights
272. P.Tserendendev, Ulanbator, Positive Life , Mongolia
273. Pablo Anamaria , Observatorio Latino/Aid for AIDS/Coordinadora Peruana de Personas Viviendo con VIH/SIDA, Lima, Perú
274. Pan African Treatment Access Movement (PATAM)
275. Paul Kasonkomona, Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign, Zambia
276. Paul Thorn, Tuberculosis Survival Project, United Kingdom
277. Pen Mony, Cambodian Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS, Cambodia
278. Peng Bo, Kunming, Yunnan, China
279. Peng Jun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
280. Pervaiz Tufail, Pakistan
281. Philip Kuruvilla,HIV and AIDS Programme, Christian Conference of Asia, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
282. Polly Clayden, i-base, UK
283. Positive Women of Hope, Cambodia
284. Pozdnikin Alex, Frontaids, Russia, Saint-Petersburg
285. Prafulla Saligram, Lawyers Collective, working on access to treatment issues at Bangalore
286. Professor Brook K. Baker, Northeastern University School of Law, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy & Health GAP, USA
287. Qaisar Ismail, CRY - Coalition on Rights and Responsibilities of Youth, Pakistan
288. Qiu Lan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
289. Qu Hong, Kunming, Yunnan, China
290. Rafael Burbano, Regional Coordinator, CIAT, Colombia
291. Rakshak Welfare Society - Maharashtra, India
292. Raminta Stuikyte, Central and Eastern European Harm Reduction Network
293. Reginald Watts, Executive Director, Sangama, India
294. Ren Kanghong, Xincai County Rural Health Group, Henan, China
295. Rev. T. Kampu, Pastor and President, Guwahati Satsang Church and Asia Antioch Seminary, Assam, India
296. Richard Stern, director, Agua Buena Human Rights Association, Costa Rica
297. Robert Weissman, Essential Action, USA
298. Rochelle D’Souza Yepthomi, YRG CARE, INDIA
299. Rosaura López-Fontánez, Executive Director, Puerto Rico CoNCRA, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
300. Rose Joshi, AIDS Alliance Nepal
301. Roshan, President, Samara, Karnataka, India
302. Rui Weirong, Zhejiang, China
303. Rui Zhuangtun, Ruili, Yunnan, China
304. Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service, United States
305. Ruth Messinger, American Jewish World Service, US
306. SAATHII (Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India), Chennai, India
307. Sadhana - Karnataka, India
308. Sahara Trust, Andhra Pradesh,India
309. Saheli Samanvya Sangam, Andhra Pradesh,India
310. Saheli Women's Resource Centre, New Delhi, India
311. Sally Kingsland, People's Health Movement Australia
312. Samuel Matsikure, Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
313. SARV (Support Group fro ARV Users), Kathmandu, Nepal
314. Sergey Kovalevsky ITPCru Russia
315. Shiba Phurailatpam, APN+, Bangkok
316. Shivam Trust - Maharashtra, India
317. Shona Schonning, Community of PLHIV
318. Simon Collins, HIV i-Base, UK
319. Sneha Jyothi, Karnataka, India
320. Sneha Sangama, Karnataka, India
321. Sneha Sudha, Andhra Pradesh, India
322. Sneham Male Minorities Association, Andhra Pradesh, India
323. Solomon Adderley, Bahamas National Network for Positive Living(BNN+), Nassau, Bahamas
324. Song Bin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
325. Spandhana+ - Karnataka, India
326. Spoorthi - Karnataka, India
327. Su Shunji, Yulin, Guangxi, China
328. Sun Xunxun, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
329. Svetlana Izambaeva, Russia
330. SWP: Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center, New York, USA
331. Tahir Amin, Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK)
332. Tan Mie, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
333. Tang Youhua, Ruili, Yunnan, China
334. Tapiwanashe Kujinga, Collaborative Fund, Zimbabwe
335. Tendayi Westerhof, Public Personalities Against Aids Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe
336. Thai network of people living with HIV/AIDS (TNP+), Thailand
337. Timur Adbullaev, Public union of PLWH “Ishonch va Hayot”, Uzbekistan
338. Treatment Action Group, New York, NY USA
339. Trude Bennett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, USA
340. Tui, Ruili, Yunnan, China
341. Udaan+ -Maharashtra, India
342 .Uzhalovskiy Sergey “Positive initiative”, Kyrgyzstan
343. V. Joseph Xavier S.J, Indian Social Institute, Bangalore, India
344. Victoriya Ashirova, NGO AYOL, Russia
345. Vitaly Djuma, Russian Harm Reduction Network
346. Mayanovsky, "Centre +", Russia
347. Vladimir Musatov, Charity Foundation Medical and Social Programm Humanitarian Action Hospital, Russia
348. Vladimir Osin, ITPCru, Saint Petersburg
349. Vladimir Zhovtyak, All-Ukraine Network PLWH, Ukraine
350. Wang Bing, Kunming, Yunnan, China
351. Wang Hong, Kunming, Yunnan, China
352. Wang Huazheng, Zhecheng, Henan, China
353. Wang Jian, Ruili, Yunnan, China
354. Wang Juan, Guangzhou, China
355. Wang Lili, Guangzhou, China
356. Wang Si, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
357. Wang Xiaoli, Guangzhou, China
358. Wang Xinhua, Ruili, Yunnan, China
359. Wang Xintian, Nanning, Guangxi, China
360. Wang Xuanying, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
361. Wang Zhou, Kunming, Yunnan, China
362. Wang Zhusheng, Ruili, Yunnan, China
363. Wang, Ruili, Yunnan, China
364. Wei Baiqin, Dahua, Guangxi, China
365. Wei Guicai, Nanning, Guangxi, China
366. Wei Wen, Nanning, Guangxi, China
367. Weng Chengyong, Nizui, Hubei
368. World AIDS Campaign, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
369. Wu Lin, Shanwei, Guangdong, China
370. Wu Ya, Shanghai, China
371. Xia Chengli, Kunming, Yunnan, China
372. Xia Lihong, Kunming, Yunnan, China
373. Xiao Fei, AIDS Care China (Hubei), China
374. Xiao Zhou, China Treatment Advocacy Network, Beijing
375. Xiao Zhou, Zhejiang Mutual Support Group, China
376. Xie Hongfang, Nanning, Guangxi, China
377. Xie Zhi, Kunming, Yunnan, China
378. Xin Ye, Ruili, Yunnan, China
379. Xu Jie, Kunming, Yunnan, China
380. Xu Jun, Qujing, Yunnan, China
381. Xun Fei, Qujing, Yunnan, China
382. Yan Bao, Ruili, Yunnan, China
383. Yan Guo, Ruili, Yunnan, China
384. Yan Lu, Ruili, Yunnan, China
385. Yan Ping, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
386. Yan Qin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
387. Yanfeng, Ruili, Yunnan, China
388. Yang Chunyun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
389. Yang Haiyun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
390. Yang Xing, Kunming, Yunnan, China
391. Yang Zhilong, Ruili, Yunnan, China
392. Yao Lihai, Liuzhou, Guangxi, China
393. Yessica F. Pereyra, La Red Argentina de Personas que Vive con el Retrovirus Humano, Argentina
394. Yin Chun, Kunming, Yunnan, China
395. Yin Geshan, Kunming, Yunnan, China
396. Yu Suo, Ruili, Yunnan, China
397. Yu Xiaolong, Guilin, Guangxi, China
398. Yue Hasan, Aidscare China, Ruili, Yunnan, China
399. Yue Matu, Ruili, Yunnan, China
400. Yurgis Andrushka Association “Pozityvus gyvenimas”, Lithuania
401. Zenaida Portalino Támara, Perú
402. Zeng Yongqiang, Yizhou, Guangxi, China
403. Zeng Yu, Pingyang, Guangxi, China
404. Zhan Kelin, Ruili, Yunnan, China
405. Zhang Chenran, Menglian, Yunnan, China
406. Zhang Dehong, Kunming, Yunnan, China
407. Zhang Jiahua, Guigang, Guangxi, China
408. Zhang Jianming, Xinyang, Henan, China
409. Zhang Lin, AIDS Care China (Ruili), China
410. Zhang Lin, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China,
411. Zhang Mingyuan, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
412. Zhang Rong, Kunming, Yunnan, China
413. Zhang Songqing, Ruili, Yunnan, China
414. Zhang Wenhui, Guangzhou, China
415. Zhang Xiao’e, Aidscare China-Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
416. Zhang Youfu, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
417. Zhang Yunhuan, Ruili Red Ribbon Home, Yunnan, China
418. Zhao Hua, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
419. Zheng Aiping, Kunming, Yunnan, China
420. Zheng Chunlin, Kunming, Yunnan, China
421. Zheng Min, Kunming, Yunnan, China
422. Zhong Dan, Guangzhou, China
423. Zhou Dayong, Nanning, Guangxi, China
424. Zhou Hai, Xiangfan, Hubei, China
425. Zhou Yi, Shanghai, China
426. Zhou Yunxiang, Kunming, Yunnan, China
427. Zhu Xueyu, Kunming, Yunnan, China