FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – 19 NOVEMBER 2008 For Eric Sawyer, the late 1980s was a “war time situation”. “People with AIDS were fighting for their lives and for their friends”, says Sawyer, an AIDS activist and co-founder of ACT UP New York. By 1988, seven years after the first case of AIDS was reported, AIDS was causing more deaths in the US then there were in the Vietnam War, and between 5 and 10 million people were estimated to be infected with HIV around the world. Yet governments, media and society in general were not giving AIDS adequate attention. So, “people with AIDS had to literally take to the streets and block traffic and take over government buildings”, Sawyer recalls.

For Immediate Release: 7 November 2008 - Hundreds of youth AIDS campaigners and activists from the African region as well as from around the world are gathering for a candlelight memorial in Gorée Island, Senegal, on 1st of December 2008, which marks the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. The youth World AIDS Day event signals increasing concern over the insufficient progress in the achievement of youth universal access targets, in terms of prevention, treatment, care and support. Organised by the World AIDS Campaign and the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) YouthFront, with the support of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the memorial will take place during the ICASA youth preconference, to be held immediately prior to the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa.

3 de noviembre de 2008- En el medio de una crisis financiera global, los líderes deben cumplir con sus promesas frente al SIDA o se perderán los avances difícilmente ganados, declara la Campaña Mundial del SIDA al destacar el tema de liderazgo para el Día Mundial del SIDA. El 1º de diciembre de 2008 es el 20º aniversario del Día Mundial de SIDA, el cual está marcado por un progreso significativo en la prevención y el tratamiento logrado durante las últimas dos décadas, pero destacan cuánto queda por hacer de parte de los líderes a todos los niveles para alcanzar en el 2010 el acceso universal a la prevención, el tratamiento, la atención y el apoyo.

The Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) and the World AIDS Campaign are proud to announce the start of their joint programme Keeping the Promise of HIV/AIDS Universal Access

30 July 2008 - Released Tuesday, the Report on the global AIDS epidemic reveals positive strides in reducing rates of infection in key populations, whilst leaving no doubt that stronger long-term efforts, that include participation from those most affected, with human rights at their core, are needed to make substantive differences in tackling the pandemic.

4 February 2008
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Today, the World AIDS Campaign and its Global Steering Committee (GSC), called on governments, UN agencies, international and non-governmental organisations to give urgent attention to the devastating impact of the political crisis in Kenya on people living with HIV and putting women and children at a greater risk of infection.

New Year's postcard sent to the Japanese government to remind them to keep their universal access promises.

14 January 2008 - New Year’s greetings with a difference: AIDS campaigners hope Japanese government will help G8 keep their promises in 2008

Press feature from the World AIDS Campaign, 30 November, 2007
With thousands of events around the world marking World AIDS Day, December 1, the World AIDS Campaign is stressing the urgency of new and renewed leadership commitments by all stakeholders in the response to HIV and AIDS. The momentum must continue to build. “It is now time for bold leadership at all levels in order to turn the tide of HIV,” says Felicita Hikuam, Global Programmes Manager, World AIDS Campaign.

The Global Steering Committee (GSC) of the World AIDS Campaign issues the following statement in response to the release of the AIDS Epidemic Update 2007 by UNAIDS and the World Health Organisation today. In welcoming more accurate figures, the GSC indicates that the response to AIDS pandemic can in no way be relaxed and urges strengthened efforts towards universal access and a focus on the effects of HIV and AIDS that are felt far beyond statistics of those most directly affected.

November 5, 2007 Media Alert from the World AIDS Campaign
“Media can make it happen,” says Allyson Leacock, Executive Director of the Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership, highlighting that media are key to the success of World AIDS Day in tackling critical issues fuelling the AIDS epidemic. This World AIDS Day, held on 1 December 2007, will focus on leadership, the theme set by the World AIDS Campaign under the five-year slogan, “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise.”