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, as well as the evaluation of the 2007 programme, please see below.

On 20 March, The Red Ribbon Charity Ball will be held in Lusaka. At the event, leadership awards will be presented honouring outstanding individuals and organisations working to end HIV and AIDS. There will also be an exhibition – “Love in the time of AIDS.” Please click below to download the flyer.

World AIDS Campaign in collaboration with it’s partners in Kenya, Zambia and Nigeria held National Campaigners Meeting in the various countries between February and March 2009. The meetings brought together civil society organisations around the theme of ‘Keep the Promise of Universal Access’, with the aim of exploring how civil society will continue the campaign to hold their leaders accountable for commitments to ensure universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support is achieved by 2010.

The African Civil Society Coalition on HIV and AIDS has been working to strengthen and support the civil society response to AIDS across the continent.

The “15% Now!” campaign of the Africa Public Health Rights Alliance is an initiative of the Centre for Research, Education and Development of Rights in Africa (CREDO-Africa) in collaboration with its partners.

On the occasion of Human Rights Day 2006, the African Public Health Rights Alliance launches the “15% Now!” Campaign and opens for signature the global petition calling on African leaders to without further delay implement their 2001 Abuja AU Summit pledge to commit 15% of annual national budgets to health in order to end the tragic loss of an estimated 8 million lives annually to preventable, treatable and manageable diseases, illnesses and maladies.
See below to read more about the petition and the campaign.

Please see below to read a letter from Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the Heads of State of the member states of the African Union regarding the implementation of the 2001 pledge to allocate 15% or more of national budgets to the health sector.

Issued 28 January 2007 - Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Professor Wangari Maathai urge African Union Heads of State Summit to Act Speedily to end Africa's Public Health Disaster

27 February 2007 - President Mbeki has appointed Transport Minister Jeff Radebe as the Acting Health Minister.
TAC welcomes the President's effort to address the problem of leadership in the Department of Health following the illness of the Minister of Health. We wish the Minister and her family well at this difficult time.