The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) has been established to support, strengthen and connect campaigns that hold leaders accountable for their promises on HIV and AIDS.
The WAC is based in Cape Town, South Africa and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. A Global Steering Committee (GSC) oversees and sets the strategic direction of the WAC. The GSC evolved from a working group established by individuals involved in early consultations and has now become a platform of key leaders covering a wide range of constituency networks.
WAC has been recognised as playing a unique role within civil society by supporting a strong social movement on AIDS that presses for promises to be kept. Starting in 2005 and through 2010, the WAC will work to promote accountability, uniting campaigners around a common campaigning effort, under the slogan “Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise." The campaign will continue to galvanise civil society efforts, both at a national level, and among key international, constituency-based networks, to support the call and increase pressure to achieve universal access to HIV care, support, treatment and prevention.