Global AIDS Week of Action 18-24 May, 2008

One week. One voice

Dear Colleagues,

Global AIDS Week of Action 2008 will start within the next few days and we encourage you to use this opportunity to stand together and demand accountability from your leaders.

For this year many actions have already been planned. These are just few examples;

Africa:

In Liberia – Roundtable discussions on Access to treatment, political commitments and stigma & discrimination.

In Ethiopia – Live radio discussion and panel discussion with government bodies on access to treatment and food security for rural women PLP.

In Malawi – Public debates with communities and hearing of personal testimonies, marches and petitions.

In Uganda – Week of Action - week of treatment literacy training, a meeting of communities with VCT and Family Planning Community Outreach Services, and a ‘Right to City Campaign in Kampala’.

In Sierra Leone – accountability hearing to discuss UNGASS report, awareness raising activities including use of female condoms, HIV education for children and youth.

In Nigeria – ‘Stand up Campaign’ to present 7 demands to leadership of National Assembly, round table discussion on ‘Strategies on Alternative Livelihood Options for PLWHAs’.

In Zimbabwe – theatre Road Show – HIV/AIDS awareness campaign.

Latin America:

In Uruguay – Roundtable discussions on ‘Access to treatment for PLHIV in Uruguay within the overall framework of integrated health system’.

In Argentina – Rallies will meet several hospitals and clinics in the city of Cordova to address issues such as human rights of PLHIV, access to health care services for PLHIV, stigma & discrimination and sexual reproductive health rights.

Asia:

In India – Rallies led by PLHIV will meet the health department and local administration, orientation workshop for sex workers, MSM and PLHIV of 24 districts, series of meetings, press releases of advocates and community representatives for HIV and Aids Bill, public hearing by women living with HIV/AIDS.

In Nepal – Press conference ‘Global Aids Week and UNGASS’ to stress the importance of the week of action and UNGASS and 11 commitments signed by Nepal, radio and television debates, interaction programme and a mass rally for ‘Universal Access to Food, Nutrition and Treatment’.

In Cambodia – series of community drives in capital and other districts, civil society platform to draft Charter of Demands on Universal Access and a press conference.

In Pakistan – Press conference for a launch of Pakistani shadow UNGASS report and dissemination of Charter of Demands.

Have you planned your own activities? Send us the details (it needs to be only 2/3 lines describing activity, date, time and contact person) and we’ll make sure they go on the Global Aids week website (www.globalaidsweek.org) This is the only way you can share you event with the world. Copy your message to info@globalaidsweek.org and your plans will be uploaded immediately.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Attapon Ed Ngoksin

Communications assistant

International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC)

Secretariat: 176/22 Sukhumvit 16, Klongtoey Bangkok Thailand, 10110 Tel: +66 85 4417600

“One week – One voice”

Support the Global Aids Week of Action May 18 – 24, 2008. To find out more visit the website www.globalaidsweek.org