@techreport{b2fb4b2e6f2f46cfac79fcee43e14425,
title = "Access to ARV treatment: aid, trade and governance in Uganda",
keywords = "Antiretroviral medicines, Patents, Non-tariff barriers, ARVs, Governance, Medicinal drugs, HIV-AIDS, WTO, Development aid, Trade, Developing countries, Uganda",
author = "Richey, \{Lisa Ann\} and Haakonsson, \{Stine Jessen\}",
note = "Abstract: Access to antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) for AIDS treatment creates a field binding local and global governance. Local modalities of AIDS treatment are governed by the context of global trade through the implementation of patents on medicines in the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and within the context of global aid through development assistance. While industrialized countries, on the one hand, set aside donations to fight AIDS in developing countires, on the other hand, the same countries use the WTO to prevent developing countires from accessing cheap medicines. Uganda's success in reducing HIV prevalence is unique among African states, and it is considered the most promising candidate for effectively {"}scaling up{"} ARV treatment on the basis of its history of dealing with the pandemic. Yet, despite the many interventions addressing HIV/AIDS and dramatic price reductions of ARVs, only a minority of the infected population is currently receiving treatment, and promises of universal coverage for all who need it seem unrealisitic. Our paper examines how the disconnect between international and national priorities on the one hand, and between aid and trade on the other, are currently affecting access to ARVs in Uganda.",
year = "2004",
language = "English",
isbn = "8776050394",
series = "DIIS Working Paper",
publisher = "Danish Institute for International Studies",
number = "19",
address = "Denmark",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "Danish Institute for International Studies",
}