Advocacy
This is the Advocacy section.
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Declaration on HIV/AIDS
This is the Maseru Declaration on HIV and AIDS as declared by SADC member states
The Green Light Campaign
The Green Light Committee Initiative was established in 2000 to assist countries in strengthening their DR TB programmes. Eight years later, only five countries in Southern Africa have applied to benefit from this initiative - DRC, Lesotho, Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. Mozambique is still involved in the application process, and Malawi withdrew its application in 2002.
Media Statement - Anniversary of AU Abuja 15% Health Commitment
* African Heads of State and Government Must Not Revise or Further Delay Implementation of AU Abuja April 2001 15% Health Commitment - Say Archbishop Desmond Tutu & 15% Now Campaign.
* 141 African & Global Organisations & Networks Call on African Leaders & Finance Ministers to Restate 15% Commitment at Next AU Summit in Egypt.
* The Loss of over 8 million African Lives Annually to Preventable, Treatable or Manageable Health Conditions is Equal to 43 Transatlantic Jets with 500 Passengers Each Crashing Every Single Day.
Resource Collection of Free Materials on HIV/AIDS and Women
Women, Ink, a program of the International Women's Tribune Centre, has compiled a collection of materials entitled "HIV/AIDS and Women: Resources to Support Policy and Advocacy." Comprising some 50 action-oriented tools as well as analyses, reports and case studies, this resource pack was assembled to support informed participation on issues of women and HIV/AIDS.
Accountability to Women and Girls in the AIDS Response
June 2008 [New York, US]. World YWCA statement to the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS. Women and girls urgently need strong leadership and accountability by governments for effective and sustainable solutions to the AIDS pandemic that meet their needs. Universal Access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, must be achieved by 2010.
Advocacy Toolkit
This is an advocacy toolkit for treatment access advocates and activists as individuals or groups, to have an understanding of what advocacy is and how it supports the work of other networks or coalitions engaged in advocacy, and to provide practical advice in how to undertake advocacy work. The toolkit is about advocacy in planning and implementing an HIV and AIDS.
