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 [...]
The government have launched their new Strategy for tackling HIV in the developing world. Thanks to all who took action to remind them to keep their promises on achieving universal access. We have been campaigning to try and influence it all year as the strategy will have a huge influence on the global response [...]
Building on the success of last year’s event, the Stop AIDS Campaign Parliamentary Day of Action earlier this month has added serious strength to the voices of those fighting for greater attention to be paid by the UK Government to issues surrounding HIV and AIDS.
On March 11th, over 60 student campaigners descended on London [...]
Chatting with MPs
With World AIDS Day just around the corner there couldn’t be a better time to meet with your MP. You could invite them to the parliamentary event on Thurs 29th Nov or an event of your own, enjoy a good natter about the campaign demands and ask them to sign the new Early [...]
To keep Mr Brown and Mr Alexander’s from straying from action on AIDS send them the Stop AIDS e-action. Pass on this page as a link to friends, family, acquaintances, and pets (they might want to stop AIDS too), to keep the issue from slipping off the political agenda. A pat on the back to [...]
The first session that I attended on the second day of the Women Deliver Conference was run by some of the growing body of advocates and evidence-based projects that are calling for greater integration between Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) and HIV/AIDS responses. Though many people in the field have been asking for this [...]
The Route!
• Monday 15th
o St Andrews University: 1:30pm, Student Union
o Edinburgh University: 8pm in The Appleton Tower, George Square.
Contact: Vas Verma
• Tuesday 16th
o Durham University: 1.15pm, Durham Union Society Debating chambers
Contact: Zila Milupi
o Newcastle: 7.30pm, Hyena Cafe.
Contact: Alison Craik
• Wednesday 17th
o Warwick University: 2.30pm, HO.52 Humanities Block
o Sheffield University: 7.30pm, University Arms 197 Brook Hill
Contact: [...]
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria has saved almost 2 million lives since its establishment in 2002. With the right level of investment it could save many, many more! The second Global Fund Replenishment conference is taking place on the 26th-28th September, 2007. This is the first big test of Gordon Brown’s commitment [...]
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 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 [...]
