27 July 2000

TAC activist Christopher Moraka, who died of severe oral thrush and other AIDS-related infections, is laid to rest in Nyanga, Cape Town. Access to the antifungal drug fluconazole – under patent by Pfizer – may have saved his life.

Beat It! 2000 Episode 2 – Profile

The Beat It! Team speaks to Christopher Moraka about being AIDS sick days before Christopher passed away from AIDS defining illnesses including oral thrush. Christopher’s oral thrush was treatable but because of Pfizer’s patent on fluconazole Christopher could not afford it.

Patient Abuse

Patient Abuse follows the events leading up to the formation of the Treatment Action Campaign and their struggles to access affordable quality treatment for all South Africans, by challenging the patent laws protecting the profits of multinational drug companies. Patient Abuse tells of how the Treatment Action Campaign grew from a handful of people on the steps of St Georges Cathedral to an organisation of thousands with support from activists around the globe. In April of 2001 the TAC was victorious when the PMA withdrew it's case.