WAC News

On this 1 December, the 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, World AIDS Campaign wish to extend their congratulations to the newly appointed UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé.

For Immediate Release – 27 November 2008 A deepening financial crisis emphasises the urgency of maintaining and strengthening the global response to HIV and AIDS, say AIDS activists from across civil society.

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.

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.

For Immediate Release – 3 November 2008 -In the midst of a global financial crisis, leaders must deliver on their AIDS promises or hard fought gains will be lost, declares the World AIDS Campaign in highlighting the theme of leadership for World AIDS Day. This 1st of December 2008 is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, which is marked by significant progress in prevention and treatment over the past two decades, but highlights how much more still needs to be done by leaders at all levels to reach universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010.

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.