Health GAP was in Durban, South Africa for the 21st International AIDS Conference from July 18-22, 2016 where, with allies from around the world, we hosted workshops, gave presentations, convened activist meetings and took to the streets to protest the deadly political decisions that prevent people living with HIV from around the world from accessing life-saving treatment. Among our demands were:

•  an end to broken funding promises 
•  action to address the massive shortage of health workers
•  the elimination of bad trade deals that will drive up the prices of lifesaving medicines
•  an end to bigotry, discrimination and repression that threatens to undermine the response. 

Health GAP's CALENDAR OF EVENTS IN DURBAN 

CALL TO ACTION: AIDS RESPONSE AT CODE RED 

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MARCH FOR QUALITY TREATMENT FOR ALL! 

Health GAP, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Section 27 organized a massive mobilization through the streets of Durban on the opening day of the conference. Over 6,000 activists from South Africa and around the world came together to demand that world leaders not turn their backs on people living with HIV.  

30 by 20: What will it take to get 30 million people on treatment by 2020?

PRESS RELEASES

July 21, 2016 | India Endangering the Global AIDS Response

July 19, 2016 | Funding Drop Threatens Global AIDS Response

July 18, 2016 | AIDS Response at Code Red

SELECTED MEDIA

US ‘committed to AIDS funding’. BBC News Africa.  July 19, 2016 | http://bbc.in/2apsF0E

Hope for ‘end of AIDS’ is disappearing, experts warn. The Guardian.  July 31, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2aqDuL5

Think the AIDS epidemic is over? Far from it- it could be getting worse. The Guardian.  July 31, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2aHBt1z

Why Obama’s ambition of an AIDS free generation is a pipe dream- podcast. The Guardian.  August 1, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2atuftH

AIDS funding is in crisis.  Who will step up? Devex. July 28, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2ayIdim

Funding shortfall threatens ‘test and treat’ for HIV and AIDS. Devex.  July 25, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2an3g3F

Now is not the time to cut funding for SA’s HIV/AIDS programme, says US. Business Day.  July 20, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2asX105

Pay now or pay forever. The Hindu.  July 31, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2aqTuyG

#AIDS2016: more funding needed, says activists. IOL. July 19, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29QIUgS

Malawi: decline in HIV/AIDS donor funding scares UNAIDS Director. All Africa.  July 19, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2a1aeME

Africa: global AIDS fight jeopardised by funding drought. All Africa.  July 21, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2aKMJuq

The complicated math of AIDS. Voices of America. July 22, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29Zo0ye

AIDS response under threat as funds dwindle. Jamaica Observer.  August 1, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2apLZes

13% decline in global HIV funds, NACO says all’s well. Times of India. July 20, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2arNuCw

Activists march on 21st AIDS conference in Durban. Berea Mail.  July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2a812sB

March to AIDS conference highlights that millions remain untreated. Times Live.  July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29M0VgH

AIDS activists demand treatment for all. Jamaica Observer.  July 18, 2016| http://bit.ly/29XEhoX

TAC stages protest at Durban AIDS Conference. ENCA.  July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29PMXgG 

Alcom K. Progress towards 90-90-90 targets is promising, but funding is the critical step, says UNAIDS leader. NAM AIDS Map. July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2a6BoS9

Global AIDS gains ‘inadequate and fragile’ UN chief says. Boston Globe. July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29LTiad

The world spent $1 billion less on AIDS, jeopardizing decades of progress. Washington Post. July 25, 2016 | http://wapo.st/2an4j5a

March for increased AIDS funding. Health 24. July 19, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2a7X5UT

Optimism about ending AIDS misplaced, some experts say. The Stewardship Report. July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29Sqhwd

Access to ARVs for all. News 24. July 19, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29JtHmK

Optimism about ending AIDS misplaced, some experts say. Voice of America. July 16, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29OQDQZ

AIDS 2016: March urging India to protect access to medicine. East Coast Radio. July 21, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29RPy7I

Funds for HIV too little, could be fuelling epidemic: Global experts. The Times of India. July 18, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29JqlA2

NGOs, civil society organisations throttled in India: international activists. The Times of India. July 22, 2016 | http://bit.ly/2axhjEO

UN chief says gains made against AIDS ‘inadequate and fragile’. CBS News. July 18, 2016 | http://cbsn.ws/29RFb2A

Don’t spend money looking for an HIV cure- help the infected live instead, says the AIDS affected. Scroll. July 22, 2016 | http://bit.ly/29Tfjnt