In July 2002, at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona AIDS groups from across the globe issued a call for actions on October 17th demanding AIDS drugs for Coca Cola's employees and bottling plant workers in Africa and southeast Asia. The numbers of countries and cities planning actions is growing rapidly, and the company is running scared.
Act Up-Paris a été fondé en 1989 en raison de l'ampleur de la menace représentée par le sida et la faiblesse de la lutte engagée par le gouvernement. L'association est indépendante des autres groupes Act Up. Act Up est une association de personnes affectées par le VIH qui voient dans le sida avant tout une question politique.
ATAC is a national coalition of AIDS activists, many living with HIV/AIDS, working together to end the AIDS epidemic by advancing research and access in HIV/AIDS. Goals include encouraging greater and more effective involvement of people with HIV/AIDS in the decisions that affect their lives by identifying, mentoring and empowering treatment activists in all communities affected by the epidemic, and enabling treatment activists to speak with a united, powerful voice to provide meaningful input into issues concerning HIV disease and related complications and coinfections.
The mission of the HIV Consumer Council is to educate and increase understanding and awareness of who we are and to clarify HIV consumer issues. We are here to listen to the issues of persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and to be our own voice, to advocate for our own needs. We endeavor to identify gaps in HIV related services in the area, and will help address these gaps either in legislative or local arenas. We seek to represent the diversity of those infected with HIV and are here to support each other. Although we have many faces, we have one voice.
ACT UP is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. "Our Job is not to be invited to coffee or to schmooze at a cocktail party. Our Job is to make change happen as fast as possible and direct action works for that."
CHAMP is a national initiative building a powerful community-based movement bridging HIV/AIDS, human rights, and struggles for social and economic justice. In an era in which HIV rates are rising and prevention efforts are under concerted attack, CHAMP mobilizes people living with HIV, community activists, researchers, academics and policy advocates in our country, and links them with allies around the world.
ACT UP Philadelphia is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis. ACT UP! FIGHT BACK! FIGHT AIDS!
We are an organization of U.S.-based AIDS and human rights activists, people living with HIV/AIDS, public health experts, fair trade advocates and concerned individuals who campaign against policies of neglect and avarice that deny treatment to millions and fuel the spread of HIV. We are dedicated to eliminating barriers to global access to affordable life-sustaining medicines for people living with HIV/AIDS as key to a comprehensive strategy to confront and ultimately stop the AIDS pandemic. We believe that the human right to life and to health must prevail over the pharmaceutical industry's excessive profits and expanding patent rights.
The Global AIDS Alliance is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC. We are dedicated to a collaborative, aggressive Campaign to Stop Global AIDS. Our mission is to hasten an end to the global AIDS crisis through mobilizing enhanced awareness, increased funding, and improved policies. The GAA's primary forms of action are: • Analyzing: Evaluate data and formulate options for action in the fight against global AIDS. • Informing: Provide the results of this analysis to organizations, the media, and legislators. • Catalyzing: Encourage organizations of all sizes and interests (particularly those previously uninvolved), as well as legislators, to act decisively based on this information.
The Global Alliance to Immunize Against AIDS Vaccine Foundation (GAIA VF) is a Rhode Island-based non-profit organization. Our mission is to promote the development of a globally relevant, globally accessible HIV vaccine that will be distributed on a not-for-profit basis in the developing world.
The Global Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+) is a global network for and by people with HIV/AIDS. The mission of GNP+ is to work to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS. Website: http://www.gnpplus.net -- Email: infognp@gnpplus.net
Search For A Cure is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide education, promote access & advocate the basic human right to safe and effective treatment for all people living with AIDS.
The Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) is a US-based network of student and youth organizations committed to the global fight against AIDS. SGAC seeks to mobilize a multi-racial student movement, in partnership with students internationally, to make claims upon governments, corporations, and civil society through education, leadership training, informed advocacy and direct action. SGAC demands sufficient resources, effective prevention, and guaranteed access to AIDS treatment and care as a matter of moral urgency.
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