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Campaigners warn G8 not to renege on AIDS commitments

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:57:38 GMT

4 July 2008: Amid fears that critical AIDS pledges made at previous G8 summits will be reneged at this year’s meeting in Japan, over 200 civil society organisations from more than 60 countries have signed a letter to G8 heads of state underscoring the fundamental need to fulfil the promise of universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.

EAA release travel restriction resource guide

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:50:20 GMT

The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) has released a resource guide to assist people of faith at community level to understand the issues around HIV-related travel restrictions and take action. The information and action ideas it presents can provide relevant and useful tools for anyone who wants to learn and campaign against such restrictions.

Civil Society Task Force for 2008 HLM on AIDS

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:33:03 GMT

Below you will find an key messages pertaining to HIV-related travel restrictions developed by the Civil Society Task Force for the 2008 UN High Level Meeting on AIDS

Sex Work is Work: Defend the Right to Livelihood

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:15:07 GMT

OPEN DAY OF ACTION TO STOP SEX WORKER RAIDS AND CALL FOR THE REPEAL OF THE TRAFFICKING LAW THAT THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT PASSED TO MEET STANDARDS IMPOSED BY THE U.S.GOVERNMENT'S TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT

Sign on: Civil Society Letter to Countries that Impose Travel Restrictions

Fri, 30 May 2008 08:55:13 GMT

We invite you, in advance of the UN high-level Meeting on AIDS in New York from 10-11 June, to sign on to a letter to the UN missions and Heads of State of countries that impose travel restrictions on people living with HIV.

As members of civil society we condemn such restrictions as discriminatory and in contradiction to the commitments made through the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration. We urge governments that continue to impose travel restriction on people living with HIV to lift these, whether short or long-term.
To sign on to the letter, please send the name of your organisation and country to universalaccess2010@icaso.org before 5 June. ICASO will also be collecting signatures during the civil-society pre-meeting taking place the day before (9 June) of the high-level meeting in New York.

What we want

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:52:26 GMT

Our goals are simple:

· “We want the United Nation member states to keep the 103 promises they made in 2001 to ‘to address the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects and to secure a global commitment to combat it in a comprehensive manner.’”

· “We want the national targets called for in the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS to be set and achieved, including interim targets for 2008 to be reached in accordance with the core indicators recommended by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS,”

· “We want the G8 to keep its promise of providing universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.”

CSAT Action Alert: 8th Call for Proposals of the Global Fund – 8 Urgent Actions

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:43:58 GMT

On 1 March 2008 the Global Fund launched its eighth funding round. Round 8 is set to be the biggest in financial terms with around US$2 billion available for approved proposals. The announcement, along with all of the relevant documentation for applicants, is posted here.

HIV and AIDS Programmes and Financial Allocations Continue to fail women

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:47:21 GMT

(New York) - On its one year anniversary, the Women Won't Wait. End HIV and Violence against Women. NOW! Campaign remains concerned that women's rights still occupy the margins of HIV and AIDS strategies and funding. The campaign was launched on International Women's Day-March 8, 2007-to demand that policy makers and donors integrate responses to violence against women in global and national AIDS programmes and allocate resources to these responses.

Financial Resources Needed to Achieve Universal Access

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:45:30 GMT

Bienvenue sur le site Web UA2010 !

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:31:44 GMT

Ce site Web est un lieu de rassemblement pour les personnes qui mènent campagne contre le SIDA ; elles peuvent y partager des informations pour le plaidoyer permettant l’accès universel à la prévention, au traitement, aux soins et à une aide. Il est organisé en trois voies d’action permettant d’atteindre un accès universel d’ici 2010 : la campagne pour l’accès universel, la campagne contre le SIDA auprès du G8 et l’UNGASS.

« L’accès universel » est une expression qui domine l‘ensemble de l’environnement politique actuel sur le virus du VIH et le SIDA. Elle signifie l’accès pour tous, dans le monde entier, à l’éducation et au conseil, à la multithérapie et aux services d’aide, de même qu’aux services de santé, notamment aux médicaments censés :

empêcher la transmission du virus VIH ;
aider les personnes qui vivent avec le virus du VIH, leur famille et les personnes qui les soignent, à vivre plus longtemps avec le virus et à ralentir l’arrivée des maladies connexes au SIDA ;
aider les familles touchées par le SIDA en atténuant les effets de la maladie et de la mort sur leur propre foyer et leur communauté.

Opportunities and Challenges for National Civil Society Campaigning

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:47:56 GMT

In 2007 World AIDS Campaigns held national campaigner's meetings in Nigeria, Zambia and Kenya, as well as subregional meetings in southern, eastern and western Africa to begin to uncover the challenges and opportunities for civil society campaigning for political accountability. From these meetings, reports were prepared that highlighted opportunities and challenges that arose prior to, and as an outcome of the meetings. To read these reports, please see below.

Declaration released from first ever IPU Meeting on HIV/AIDS

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:09:23 GMT

In late 2007, the first ever Inter Parliamentarians Union (IPU) Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV/AIDS took place in Manila. As a result of this meeting a declaration was made in which parliamentarians committed to take strong leadership on HIV and AIDS especially within the areas of stigma and discrimination and access to affordable treatment.

Update on Second Round of Negotiations through IGWG

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:04:45 GMT

Negotiations to ensure affordable medicines between Representatives of Ministries of Health and the drug industry in Geneva were suspended after delegates ran out of time. The goal of the second round negotiations, held through the Intergovernmental Working Group for Public Health,Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG) in early November is to create a strategy to promote research and development of affordable medicines, while at the same time respecting the intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical companies.

UN Health Talks Could Lead to Urgently Needed Drugs and Diagnostics

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:36:58 GMT

UN Health Talks Could Lead to Urgently Needed Drugs and Diagnostics But opposition from some governments could keep drug prices high and out of reach

Global Fund still short of $8billion - Some countries stepping up to the table but G8 contribution still falls short

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:33:41 GMT

BERLIN – Campaigners in Berlin urged donors to come up with the $18 billion needed to ensure the Global Fund meets its target to fight AIDS, TB and malaria over the next three years.

Donors poised to break G8 promises ahead of donor meeting for Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:18:32 GMT

Press Statement: 25 September 2007
Civil society calls new UK Global Fund pledge ‘a pittance’.
(BERLIN) On the eve of a replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, civil society warned other G8 donors not to follow the poor example set by the UK, who today announced their contribution to the Global Fund—an 8-year pledge of USD 2 billion. When divided evenly by year, the UK pledge would only amount to 20% more than the UK’s current funding level.

Universal Access (UA) Campaigner's Update is a quarterly campaigner's newsletter on AIDS campaigning around the world

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:19:47 GMT

The newsletter highlights AIDS campaigning efforts from around the world, particularly highlighting campaigns that hold leaders accountable to keeping their promises on universal access to prevention,
treatment care and support.

UA Campaigners Update

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:15:19 GMT

Promises, Promises

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:39:12 GMT

The World AIDS Campaign released a report that closely examines AIDS statements, commitments and declarations by governments and the United Nations (UN) in the past five years, and asks how they hold up under scrutiny as genuine ‘promises’.

A campaign comes together in Kenya

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:33:21 GMT

By Elizaphan Ogechi, Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) and Felicita Hikuam, WAC Support Team.
“This is an important opportunity to plan ahead and not only be reactive. This meeting should help us think ahead to avoid people running around on 25th November looking for resources [for World AIDS day activities]. And it also gives us an opportunity to develop a framework of how to get organised for key moments such as 1 December for years to come,” said Allan Raggi, Director of the Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) as he opened the Kenya National Campaigners meeting held in Nairobi from 21st to 23rd August, 2007.“