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The Loop Newsletter of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance: July 2005

Alliance steps up campaign for HIV/AIDS treatment

The Alliance has called on MPs and the UK government to use its presidencies of the G8 and EU to secure a commitment to universal treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Around the world

Mexican human rights and gay activist murdered

The death of Octavio Acuna Rubio has highlighted the stigma and discrimination faced by minority sexual groups in Mexico and underlined the need for projects to tackle these issues.

A day in the life of treatment support workers and treatment mobilisers in Zambia
Diaries from the ACER project in Zambia show an effective community-driven and -led anti-retroviral treatment programme at work.

'I remember. Do you?'

The Alliance in Ukraine jointly organises an all-Ukrainian public event dedicated to AIDS Memorial Day 2005.

Collaborating with traditional healers in Zambia

With Alliance support, networks of traditional healers are reaching people who would not ordinarily seek help from local health facilities with HIV prevention, care and treatment.

Policy and advocacy update

Improving the Effectiveness of Health Investments in Developing countries

Alvaro Bermejo, the Alliance’s Executive Director spoke about the Alliance’s experiences in Ukraine at a recent Wilton Park conference, which aimed to address key questions about performance-based funding in health.

Alliance to raise importance of MSM programming with donors and policy makers

Plans are underway for the Alliance to host a roundtable on the opportunities, challenges and importance of HIV/AIDS programming on and with men who have sex with men (MSM).

 

And finally...

Communities first
The Alliance publishes its new Annual Review of activities in 2004.

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