Leena Menghaney

Nov 18, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Leena Menghaney |Dušan Jasovský

Leena MenghaneyLeena Menghaney is manager of Médecins Sans Frontières's Access Campaign in India. MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, is an international organisation fighting for access to medicines by poor in developing world

Nov 18, 2024 | downtoearth.org.in | Leena Menghaney |Dušan Jasovský

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) presents a significant public health challenge to governments worldwide, including India. The rise of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens globally has rendered many existing antibiotics ineffective, necessitating the development and introduction of new treatment options.

Sep 3, 2024 | brnw.ch | Fatima Hassan |Leena Menghaney

A Competition Commission probe led to the dropping of a patent on a key tuberculosis medicine in South Africa. Twenty years ago, a similar case reduced antiretroviral prices, aiding the HIV treatment programme. Fatima Hassan and Leena Menghaney compare these landmark cases and highlight changes over the past two decades. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, South Africa faced a major uncontrolled Aids epidemic, worsened by state sponsored Aids denialism.

Sep 3, 2024 | news24.com | Fatima Hassan |Leena Menghaney

A Competition Commission probe led to the dropping of a patent on a key tuberculosis medicine in South Africa. Twenty years ago, a similar case reduced antiretroviral prices, aiding the HIV treatment programme. Fatima Hassan and Leena Menghaney compare these landmark cases and highlight changes over the past two decades. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, South Africa faced a major uncontrolled Aids epidemic, worsened by state sponsored Aids denialism.

Sep 2, 2024 | dailymaverick.co.za | Fatima Hassan |Leena Menghaney

SPOTLIGHT OP-ED A Competition Commission probe recently resulted in a patent on an important tuberculosis medicine being dropped in South Africa. Twenty years ago, a similar Competition Commission case resulted in a settlement that helped drive down the prices of several antiretrovirals, thereby helping to set the stage for the country’s HIV treatment programme. Spotlight connects the dots between the two landmark cases and maps out what has and has not changed over the past two decades.