Press Statement- For Immediate Release: 4 Dec 2008 (Dakar) At the opening of the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), civil society groups working on global AIDS and health from Africa and around the world spoke out strongly against the broken AIDS promises of donors and African country governments. The international community, including G8 donor countries, has already promised to reach universal access to AIDS treatment and comprehensive prevention for all by 2010. Despite progress in some countries, massive gaps persist between those who have access to quality HIV care, treatment and effective prevention, and those who do not. The advocates argued that emergency funding for the Global Fund and other effective funding mechanisms is needed, as well as a renewed commitment, led by African countries, to reach universal access and the Millennium Development Goals.

By Fredrick Nzwili
Nairobi, 6 February (ENI)--Church-based organizations working on HIV and AIDS in Kenya have warned of an emergency linked to the pandemic, as the country's political crisis has led to thousands of HIV-positive people taking refuge in camps.

Antigua and Barbuda is presently hosting a workshop geared at building capacity among vulnerable groups in particular in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
The workshop is being hosted at the Jolly Beach Resort until tomorrow and represents a collaborative effort of the Ministry of Health, UNAIDS and World AIDS Campaign.
The theme is, “Leadership: It all about Universal Access Capacity Building.”

At Start of World Conference Against TB, Lung Disease [and HIV] in Cape Town 8 - 12 Nov.
TB Scorecard Reveals That:
4 of 10 countries globally with overall highest TB prevalence are African.
8 of 10 countries globally with highest TB prevalence per 100,000 are African.
All 10 countries globally with highest prevalence per 100,000 in HIV positive adults are African.
Poor Health financing and falling levels of health workers are key factors driving TB prevalence.
SADC is sub-region most hit by TB prevalence in HIV positive adults.
Africa's pivotal countries Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, DRC & South Africa carry biggest burden.
Kenya only country globally to feature in every category of high prevalence rankings.

BERLIN – Campaigners in Berlin urged donors to come up with the $18 billion needed to ensure the Global Fund meets its target to fight AIDS, TB and malaria over the next three years.

Press Statement: 25 September 2007
Civil society calls new UK Global Fund pledge ‘a pittance’
(BERLIN) On the eve of a replenishment meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, civil society warned other G8 donors not to follow the poor example set by the UK, who today announced their contribution to the Global Fund—an 8-year pledge of USD 2 billion. When divided evenly by year, the UK pledge would only amount to 20% more than the UK’s current funding level.

US$18 billion needed over three years for fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Press Release from the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance. 20 September 2007
"We need all governments and other donors to see not the financial cost, but the immeasurable human cost that these preventable diseases cause to families, communities, countries - and our humanity," states Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. "Governments need to step up to the table and show with their actions, not just their words, that these killer diseases stop here," he emphasizes.

New Delhi/Geneva, 20 December 2006 – A legal challenge by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis against India’s patent law could restrict access to affordable medicines in the developing world, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. The organization is urging Novartis to immediately drop the case.

On December 1st, World AIDS Day, RESPONSIBILITY.TV® invites people (especially youth) to create an Awareness Raising Spot or a Video-Message on HIV/AIDS in order to support the World AIDS Campaign.
The video will preferably have to reiterate the Slogan of the Campaign -STOP AIDS. KEEP THE PROMISE- and the theme of the year 2006– ACCOUNTABILITY.

Santé publique - 30-11-2006 - 12:44
In adopting a joint resolution with 546 votes in favour 34 against and 24abstentions on HIV/AIDS one day ahead of World AIDS day, MEPs call on the Commission to increase to 1 billion euros its contribution to the global fund against HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB, and on all Member States and G8 members to increase their contribution to 7 billion in 2007 and 8 billion in 2008, in order to provide UNAIDS with the resources necessary to reduce the epidemics.