March 5th, 2010
March Day of Action
Pull on your green tights, decorate your masks, grab your bow and arrows and… COME MEET TALK TO THE PEOPLE WHO COUNT.
This years March Day of Action is taking place on Tuesday 16th of March at 10.30am and is going to action packed and super fun, so book your travel down now!
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March 5th, 2010
On February 19th—21st over 100 students from 19 universities descended on Sheffield for an intense weekend.
The training started with a bang on the Friday morning as we celebrated our patent pool success and ate ‘Patent Pool’ cake made specially by Ness and Vicky from Sheffield and looked back at the ups and downs of the [...]
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February 27th, 2009
Here are three other campaigns that are working on issues linked to the Stop AIDS Campaign. Have a read and follow the links to take action:
ActionAid’s put your foot down campaign is calling on the UK government to take action on violence against women – a major driver of HIV and AIDS in developing countries.
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February 27th, 2009
Starting from Monday, students across the country are throwing themselves headlong into a frenzy of events, stunts, fundraising, action-card signing, MP lobbying, planning, educating, informing, involving and whatever else it takes to make sure our Day of Action on the 24th March in Westminster is a huge success.
We want at least 100 students from all [...]
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January 28th, 2009
Thanks to the support of the AIDS Alliance, this year’s training will be incredible! We have a fantastic weekend of experts, discussions, talks, and workshops lined up which will build the knowledge, understanding and capacity of the network like never before.
We’ll be joined by experts on patent pools, government representatives, and professionals who work to [...]
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December 10th, 2008
We’re pushing for a patent pool to help deliver affordable, appropriate HIV treatment to the millions around the world who still can’t access the life-saving drugs they need. To mark World AIDS Day 2008 we decided to promote the Push for the Pool campaign we travelled to Hampstead Heath on one of the coldest days [...]
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December 10th, 2008
A patent pool is our best chance to revolutionise access to HIV treatment forever. It’s vital that as many people as possible sign our e-petition.
Over 33 million people are living with HIV but only one in three has access to the treatment they need to stay alive. This is often because the cost of treatment [...]
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October 15th, 2008
Attention All Societies:
Thursday 6th of November, Edinburgh stop AIDS is organising an all day conference/Mexico Hub on HIV/AIDS.
The HUB will cover 4 of the topics covered in Mexico, including:
0930-1100. Gender and its role in HIV transmission and treatment – speaker from Queen Margaret’s University TBC
1130-1300 Meeting the Prevention Needs of People, Living with HIV/AIDS. Dr [...]
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October 9th, 2008
The Student Stop AIDS Campaign together with the APPG on AIDS are hosting the Unite to Fight AIDS Speaker Tour event in Committee Room 12, the Palace of Westminster, on Tuesday the 21st of October at 5pm.
The event should prove to be extremely powerful. We are bringing four young people from Zambia, Uganda, Ireland and [...]
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July 11th, 2008
The UK Consortium Care and Support working group will run an independent hub in London, on Friday 8th August, to link with the Mexico International AIDS Society Conference: “What do we really mean by ‘Care’ and ‘Support’? Progress towards a comprehensive definition”.
This hub is part of a number of other ‘mini-conferences’ which will take place [...]
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