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 treatment access campaign by influencing people and organizations with authority, and to create an environment which protects the rights, health and welfare of PLHIV. The toolkit points out the advantages of planning advocacy work systematically and advises on how this can be achieved. It also endeavours to assist organizations see how advocacy could help them achieve their mission and recognize the potential impact of advocacy work on their organizations.

The aim of the kit is two fold- it contains general information on advocacy and identifies several issues which activists may wish to address. It also gives a number of contacts and web resources to allow the user to quickly track progress on the issues of concern. The treatment advocacy toolkit can be used as both an information resource and as a training manual.

Click here to download the advocacy toolkit.