FW: [Uknetwork] FW: Labour manifesto includes commitment to UHC,R&D and HIV/AIDS

[Aparna Barua]

Dear all,

 

I know many of us will have seen AfGH shared email from Stop AIDS on the leaked draft Labour party manifesto. However for UK Coalition members you may not be members of AfGH, please see below with a copy of the leaked manifesto. Great to see NTDs included (last page 41) in language on commitment to continuing investment in global health issues including UHC.

 

Best,

Aparna

 

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Hi all,

 

Sorry for cross-posting. In case you haven’t seen, sharing Alysa’s email with the leaked Labour manifesto. See pages. 40-41 for development, where UHC gets a good mention alongside TB, HIV, malaria and NTDs.

 

https://www.scribd.com/document/348013879/Draft-Manifesto#fullscreen&from_embed

 

Many thanks,

Abigail

 

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Sent: 11 May 2017 10:03
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Subject: [strategy] Labour manifesto includes commitment to R&D and HIV/AIDS

 

Hi all,

 

You may have seen the news stories this morning that Labour’s manifesto has been leaked.

 

Just had a quick scan of the leaked draft and some big wins for global health and the HIV sector!

 

• Labour has a proud record on international development. We will continue to meet the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP
• A Labour development strategy will work in partnership with communities in the Global South to develop long-term strategies for strengthening economies and societies. We would reinstate the Civil Society Challenge Fund to support trade unions, women’s associations and other civil society organisations which are the most effective forces in winning human rights and workers’ rights.
• At least a billion people suffer each year because they cannot obtain the health services they need, and another 100 million are pushed below the poverty line as a result of paying for the services they receive. A Labour government will establish a Centre for Universal Health Coverage, providing global partnerships, support and encouragement to countries that want UHC, helping them to generate adequate sources of funding and the systems required for delivery.
• We will invest in new public health driven research and development to find effective and affordable treatments for diseases in the developing world, and we will invest in fighting TB, HIV, malaria, HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases.

 

 

Slight typo in that last very crucial bit! Fingers crossed nothing gets chopped or edited before it’s formally released.

 

Full text available here: https://www.scribd.com/document/348013879/Draft-Manifesto#fullscreen&from_embed

 

Thanks,

Alysa

 

 

 

 

Alysa Remtulla | al...@stopaids.org.uk | 02073244783

Policy Officer , STOPAIDS

 

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[Virginia Sarah]

Thanks Aparna! Hadn't seen it and useful to have it. Best, virginia

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[Harrison, Wendy E]

Great thanks so much Aparna and great news

Thanks

Wendy

[Carla Jauregui]

Great news. Thanks for sharing 

Carla

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[Nick Burn]

Thanks Aparna

Very encouraging. Well done everyone – all that lobbying paying off!

 

Nick

CBM

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