For the past 5 months a fierce battle has been fought between the right of countries to protect public health and the right of companies to make a profit.
Our campaign for Universal Access to treatment has this year focused on making the flexibilities for public health within the TRIPS agreement work. These [...]
On 11th May Stop AIDS Societies Coordinator, Katy Athersuch and President of KCL Stop AIDS Society, Becky Khor traveled to Geneva to meet with Health Activists and Campaigners from around the world to discuss the urgent issues coming up at the World Health Assembly this month. Top on the list to discuss was the recent [...]
Unite to Fight AIDS Speaker Tour Driver, SPW UK (Paid, contract)
SPW is leading the annual Unite to Fight AIDS Speaker Tour as part of the Student Stop AIDS Campaign. We are currently seeking a driver who would be available from 15-26th October to drive the tour team. Applicants must be confident drivers with a full [...]
On 22nd May 2007 members of the Stop AIDS Campaign presented Tony Blair with 10,000 action cards and a specially made, ‘This is Your Life’ Book to remind him of all the commitments he’s made to fighting HIV and AIDS and all the work he still needs to do to ensure that these commitments are [...]
Two years ago, world leaders were given a huge global mandate to Make Poverty History: to increase aid, cancel many countries’ debts, and to ensure Universal Access to HIV Treatment by 2010.
But they haven’t done nearly enough. More than five million people living with HIV and AIDS still do not have access to life-saving medicines. [...]
The Oxford Stop AIDS group is holding an event this coming Thursday… Anyone who wants to make the trip is more than welcome to join us
HIV/AIDS in the UK: Myths and Truths
Date: Thursday 10th May
Time: 5pm to 6:15 pm
Venue: Beit Room, Rhodes House, South Parks Road (Oxford).
A presentation by the UK Coalition of [...]
Former NBA Star Voices Support for Activist Demands for Access for Poor Countries
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, spokesperson for Abbott Laboratories, voiced support for activist demands that Abbott cease its efforts to block generic versions of its HIV drug Kaletra in Thailand and other countries, at a forum sponsored by Abbott at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, [...]
The night of Saturday June 2nd marks an International Night of Solidarity.
Since 2004, people in Germany have observed a “Night of Solidarity” on June 2nd. The purpose is to mobilise people and organisations to come together to raise awareness about AIDS and to put pressure on the G8 to act.
With the G8 being held in [...]
The new AIDS treatment access numbers released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 17th April are a grave warning about the state of AIDS treatment scale-up, warn the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition. In the last 12 months, treatment access grew by 700,000 to a total of two million people, but many millions more remain [...]
