Thread by @Winnie_Byanyima

AIDS is an injustice because today we have tools for prevention, testing & treatement. But last year we had 1.5 million people were newly infected with HIV, and AIDS took 650,000 lives. When you peel that and see who is dying, you see that #inequalites are at the root. #Equalize

https://twitter.com/YaleGH/status/1593262331907162112

In 🇺🇸 Black people are 8.5x more likely to be infected with HIV than white people. Black gay men in US face 1 in 2 risk of contracting HIV across their lifetime. This is a higher risk than the average in 🇺🇬 and almost as high as in hot spot countries like 🇿🇦.
#Equalize #EndAIDS

Countries w/highest HIV rates are struggling to pay debt, squeezing out expenditures on health & education. In the midst of COVID, when rich countries put $17TR into recovery, dev'ing countries were continuing to make debt repayments 4X their health budgets. This is an injustice!

We saw Pfizer make $37bn in profits, through the help of taxpayers money. We argue against the trade rules that treat lifesaving treatments the same as luxury items like a Gucci handbag. They are injustices that we need to fight at a global level. @YaleGH

https://twitter.com/YaleGH/status/1593265613601968130

Pharma companies in the US paid more than $100mil in lobbying fees lobbying Congress. Why? So that they can keep the price of medicine high. This is part of the problem. The corporate greed and the national system that hurt ordinary citizens.
#NoCovidMonopolies #Health4All

Some see health as an issue of aid. But it shouldn’t be like that if we corrected the tax injustices. Global rules drive inequalities that result in ill health for some, death for some, and huge mega profits for a handful. We need to change the global rules of trade & taxation.