G8 Summit 2007
- G8 Pledges to Africa Insufficient, Some HIV/AIDS Advocates Say
- G8 - Much Talk, Too Few Results
- G8 Offers Vague Promises in the Face of Huge Epidemic
- Commitments will be Honored
- G8 Miss Mark as 'New' Announcements Disguise Overall Failure
- G8 Leaders Pledge $60B To Fight HIV/AIDS, Fund Other Programs in Africa, Official Says
- What news do I take home for my people?
- Africa's brain drain here to stay
- The J9 at the G8
- Fear and stigma in rural South Africa
- Fewer promises, more action
- Canada at the 2007 G8 Summit
- G8 leaders reach $60bn Aids deal
- Aid agencies dismiss G8 aid pledge
- Why women's silence kills
- The value of protest
- AIDS prevention paying the price of the G8 donor circus
- G8 countries must invest more to achieve universal access targets – UNAIDS
- G8 Considers Reducing Antiretroviral Drug Targets
- G8 Appears To Be on 'Verge of Backtracking' on Gleneagles
- G8 decision will spell death to millions with AIDS
- G8 Summit Must Deliver on Two-Year Old Promises on Debt and HIV/AIDS
- G8 - Africa on the Front Burner
- Drug-Resistant AIDS - The Next Tsunami
1. G8 Pledges to Africa Insufficient, Some HIV/AIDS Advocates Say
Kaisernetwork, 11 June 2007
Some HIV/AIDS advocates and other groups over the weekend criticized recent pledges from the Group of Eight industrialized nations to Africa as "insufficient" and "part of a pattern of unfulfilled promises," the Los Angeles Times reports (Retzlaff/Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 6/9). G8 leaders in the final communique issued at the close of their summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, agreed to provide more than $60 billion to fight HIV/AIDS and address other issues in Africa.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=45475
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2. G8 - Much Talk, Too Few Results
Inter Press Service, 9 June 2007
This year's summit of the G8 heads of government will likely be remembered as a "how not to" organise such an event, for the contrast between the expectations it raised and its negligible
accomplishments, and for its enormous security costs.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706090062.html
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3. G8 Offers Vague Promises in the Face of Huge Epidemic
Physicians for Human Rights, 8 June 2007
The Group of 8 has released the Africa section of the its 2007 communique, but AIDS advocates are dismayed by its vague language and lack of planning to meet ambitious goals, despite its promise to add $30 billion to US commitments.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706080593.html
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4. Commitments Will be Honored
German Government, 8 June 2007
The discussions with African representatives were "very honest, very open" German Chancellor Angela Merkel said after the first working session on the last day of the Summit in Heiligendamm. US$60 billion have been pledged over the coming years to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706080570.html
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5. G8 Miss Mark as 'New' Announcements Disguise Overall Failure
Oxfam International, 8 June 2007
G8 leaders are leaving Germany today having failed to do enough to shore up their wavering credibility or guarantee that they will keep their promises to Africa, said international agency Oxfam. Despite headline announcements of funds for HIV/AIDS and other diseases, the G8 has not got anywhere near back on track to meet overall promises on aid to Africa, and has missed the mark on areas like health and education.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706080616.html
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6. G8 Leaders Pledge $60B To Fight HIV/AIDS, Fund Other Programs in Africa, Official Says
Kaisernetwork.org, 8 June 2007
Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations in the final communique issued at the close of their summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, agreed to provide more than $60 billion to fight HIV/AIDS and address other issues in Africa, Germany's Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul announced Friday before G8 leaders met with African and international officials, the AP/International Herald Tribune reports (AP/International Herald Tribune, 6/8).
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706081041.html
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7. What news do I take home for my people?
Africavox, 8 June 2007
As far as I can tell, everyone who's attended the G8 Summit here in Heiligendamm leaves it with mixed feelings. Some are bitter that the G8's announcement of $60 billion to fight disease failed to mention when it would arrive. Others complain that the Gleneagles promises have yet to be fulfilled.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/what_news_do_i_.html
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8. Africa's brain drain here to stay
Africavox, 8 June 2007
Underpaid, overworked and disillusioned: doctors and nurses are leaving Africa in droves. But the G8's response today offers nothing that will prevent further migration of Africa's healthcare workers.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/africas_brain_d.html
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9. The J9 at the G8
Africavox, 8 June 2007
High school student Salwa Aman from Addis Ababa gives the impression of someone older than her years. And the 16-year-old has a lot on her mind. "There are a lot of street children in my country who are not able to learn. There are many children who lost their parents because of HIV/AIDS. It is hard to think about it," she says.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/the_j9_at_the_g.html
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10. Fear and stigma in rural South Africa
Africavox, 8 June 2007
The G8 has pledged extra funds for infectious diseases including HIV and AIDS. But a shortage of money is not the only barrier to HIV treatment. Fear, stigma and poverty are rife – and still claiming lives. Before coming to Germany, Zinhle Mapumulo visited one of many villages in South Africa where few are willing to discover their HIV status.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/fear_and_stigma.html
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11. Fewer promises, more action
Africavox, 8 June 2007
Today's G8 'recommitment' to give $6-8 billion a year to fight HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, has become the latest AIDS promise. And at this stage, it is still just that - a promise.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/fewer_promises_.html
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12. Canada at the 2007 G8 Summit
8 June 2007
At the conclusion today of his meetings with G8 and other leaders, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said that Canada had met its objectives for the Summit.
http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1688
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13. G8 leaders reach $60bn Aids deal
BBC, 8 June 2007
G8 leaders meeting in Germany have vowed to deliver on pledges to Africa, and agreed a $60bn (£30bn) package for fighting Aids, malaria and TB.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6732945.stm
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14. Aid agencies dismiss G8 aid pledge
Guardian Unlimited, 8 June 2007
The leaders of the G8 today pledged to spend $60bn (£30bn) over the next few years on HIV/Aids, malaria and TB - a promise immediately dismissed by development groups as a smokescreen for the west's broken promises to the world's poor.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g8/story/0,,2098552,00.html
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15. Why women's silence kills
Africavox, 7 June 2007
When she was ten years old her teacher raped her. At 14 her closest confidante, her church pastor, raped her. Now she is a mother, and she lives with HIV acquired during her marriage. The South African AIDS activist Nhkensani Mavasa rocked the G8 Alternative Summit with
her moving story.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/why_womens_sile.html
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16. The value of protest
Africavox, 7 June 2007
The last four days here in Germany have been dominated by the anti-globalisation protests. The roads are constantly blocked and the police keep telling us to take a different route.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/the_value_of_pr.html
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17. AIDS prevention paying the price of the G8 donor circus
Africavox, 7 June 2007
G8 negotiators have spent much of the week in disagreement over a range of issues – including the commitment made two years ago at Gleneagles to increasing aid to Africa. As the Summit opened today, the prospects for Africa weren't looking bright.
http://panos.blogs.com/africavox2007/2007/06/aids_prevention.html
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18. G8 countries must invest more to achieve universal access targets - UNAIDS
PlusNews, 7 June 2007
Commitments on universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care by leaders of the G8, the grouping of the world's richest countries, will not be met without additional resources, UNAIDS has warned.
http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=72610
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19. G8 Considers Reducing Antiretroviral Drug Targets
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 7 June 2007
Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8), a grouping of some of the world's richest countries, are considering reducing their commitment to providing universal access to antiretroviral drugs, life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medication, by almost half, according to a statement released by the Zambian National AIDS Network (ZNAN).
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706070620.html
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20. G8 Appears To Be on 'Verge of Backtracking' on Gleneagles HIV/AIDS Commitments, Financial Times Reports
Kaisernetwork.org, 7 June 2007
The Group of Eight industrialized nations appears to be on the "verge of backtracking" on commitments made at its 2005 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, to provide universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment by 2010, the Financial Times reports. G8 leaders are meeting this week in Heiligendamm, Germany, for their annual summit (Williamson/Ward, Financial Times, 6/6).
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706071038.html
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21. G8 decision will spell death to millions with AIDS
World AIDS Campaign, 7 June 2007
As members of the Global Steering Committee for the World AIDS Campaign, we are shocked and alarmed that G8 leaders are reneging on their promise of universal access to treatment, care and prevention by 2010.
http://www.worldaidscampaign.info/index.php/en/media__1/press_releases/g8_decision_will_spell_death_to_millions_with_aids
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22. G8 Summit Must Deliver on Two-Year Old Promises on Debt and HIV/AIDS
Africa Action, 5 June 2007
The day before the Group of 8 (G8) wealthiest nations are to gather in Heiligendamm, Germany for their annual summit, Africa Action emphasized the lack of progress on key targets set by the G8 at their meeting in 2005 in Gleneagles, Scotland.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706050906.html
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23. G8 - Africa on the Front Burner
This Day, 5 June 2007
This year's G8 Summit, taking place at Heiligendamm, Germany, is the 33rd edition of the annual meeting, which seeks to chart the way for industrialised nations to undergo subtle peer-review among themselves and also find ways to carry along developing countries in the quest for global integration in all aspects.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706060092.html
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24. Drug-Resistant AIDS - The Next Tsunami
Accra Mail, 4 June 2007
At the forthcoming G8 summit in Germany, leaders are keen to play up their global citizenship by pledging millions more dollars to meet the UN's target of putting 10 million people on HIV/AIDS antiretroviral treatment by 2010.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200706041439.html
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