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Guest Blog from Michel Kazatchkine: Time to Redouble Our Efforts
Today, I am very pleased that Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, has accepted the IAS’ invitation to post a guest blog regarding the first Global Fund Replenishment meeting...
View ArticleWill the Global Fund's Third Voluntary Replenishment Bring Us Closer to...
I’m still not really sure what came out of the Global Fund Replenishment meeting in The Netherlands last week. I sat through two days of donors delivering their talking points, chatted in several...
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Canadian PM Harper: G8 Nations “Must Keep Their Commitments”
Speaking to G8 foreign ministers at their meeting in Gatineau, Quebec last week, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said:“If the G8 is to remain credible, accountability is absolutely necessary....
View ArticleSmart Compromises Launch Global Fund Round 10
The outcomes of last week’s Global Fund Board meeting brought relief and joy. Many people, fearful that planned discussions about prioritizing and financing for the next round of funding could damage...
View ArticleARV Cutbacks Reach Crisis Level
On 10 May, 2010, The New York Times published an article by Donald McNeil Jr. with the startling but accurate title, “At Front Lines AIDS War is Falling Apart.” This report was reproduced in Uganda’s...
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Calling for Universal Access on CBC’s "The Hour"
On Thursday night I appeared on Canada’s popular news show The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos. In addition to talking about Vancouver’s safe injecting site and our efforts to keep it open, I used...
View ArticleLobbying for Universal Access at the World Health Assembly
It’s not much fun representing an NGO at the World Health Assembly (WHA). Professional associations like IAS are allowed “Observer status” at UN meetings. This is definitely a government gig – a little...
View ArticleGlobal Fund Shortfall Threatens Universal Access
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve witnessed two key events that will shape global health and the HIV response over the next five years. I’ve closely followed the recent developments and outcomes at...
View ArticleBenefits of Using Antiretroviral Treatment as an Effective Prevention Tool...
Since the initial presentations on and consequent controversies surrounding the subject, I have been an avid supporter of the principles behind the ground-breaking concept of ‘Treatment as...
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2012 Human Rights Day - My voice counts
By Julie Pluies, IAS Policy and Advocacy Project CoordinatorMaking the voices of excluded people heard in public life and being included in political decision-making is the theme of this year’s Human...
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