Tell the European Union to take the lead to end AIDS
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is asking supporters to call on the European Union (EU) to take the lead in providing a human rights-based response to end AIDS within a generation.
The EU is the world's largest source of official development assistance and one of the main contributors to the global HIV response. The EU has also placed the promotion of human rights at the centre of its foreign policy. New evidence has emerged that has shown us that it is now possible to end AIDS in a generation. However the EU currently has no plan of action on HIV, malaria and tuberculosis.
The Alliance is lobbying the EU to:
- Develop a renewed plan on Global Health and on HIV and AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis;
- Provide leadership by allocating additional support to meet the urgent funding needs of Global Fund;
- Strengthen human rights based financing mechanisms for communities who are at higher risk of HIV infection in those countries that the Global Fund will no longer be funding; and
- Ensuring that the EU's trade agreements do not undermine the rights of people living with HIV and others to access affordable essential medicines.
Take action
Email Andris Piebalgs, the EU Commissioner for Development, and other EU officials
Find out more in AIDS Alliance briefing: European Union: honouring commitments on HIV and human rights?
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