Treat AIDS Now!
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After five amazing years P&P’s HIV/AIDS campaign has come to an end. In this time your campaigning has:
Persuaded the UK government to lead an international commitment to provide treatment for all by 2010 — millions more now receive treatment;
Supported countries’ rights to access affordable treatment for their people — last year we helped 8,000 more people in Thailand get treatment, and in July 2008 the first steps were taken toward setting up a new international mechanism to bring down the cost of essential medicines;
Increased the international funding for HIV/AIDS
Main News Stories
Treating AIDS Now!
After five amazing years P&P's HIV/AIDS campaign has come to an end. Here we celebrate what we've achieved.
New UK strategy on HIV/AIDS
A great year of sustained pressure, and a big last minute campaigning push, has helped strengthen the UK's new plans for tackling HIV/AIDS in the developing world. But the UK has much more to do if it is keep its promise of providing universal access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support by 2010.
Urgent Action: tell the government not to break its promises on AIDS
The UK looks set to abandon it commitment to AIDS treatment for all, and we have just a few days to change this. Take action now!
Sterling Stamp Duty to Stamp Out AIDS
Order a pack with the film 'Can pay, Should pay' and see why the government has no excuse not to Treat AIDS Now.
Summer wouldn't be summer without The Gathering
Don't forget to bag your place at P&P's much talked about networking, training and planning event...
Lobby Day Success
MPs challenged and campaigning celebrated, students gathered in London on 11 March to push government to take tough action on access to treatment.
Malmesbury School actions against AIDS
Malmesbury School makes it onto the front cover of local newspapers during Treat AIDS Now's Week of Action. Jason Peel, Malmesbury Sixth Form student reports:
Oxford University P&P lobby their MP over Treat AIDS Now Week of Action
Oxford University student and Campaign Advocate Nick Chan reports: Oxford University People & Planet met with local Oxford West MP Evan Harris just before the Treat AIDS Now Week of Action to press him to include our campaign demands in his work in Parliament and to present him with the action cards we had collected.
Lobby Parliament to Treat AIDS Now - 11 March 2008
Join campaigners from across the country for a day of lobbying on HIV and AIDS. Ensure the Conservative Party are playing their part in the fight against AIDS, influence the G8, and press the government for bold action on AIDS by joining a colourful hand-in of all the action cards collected in your campaigning this year.
Week of Action to Treat AIDS Now: Keep the Promise: 4 - 8 February 2008
Week of Action to Treat AIDS Now: Keep the Promise: 4th - 8th February 2008
Treat AIDS Now
The existence of treatment means HIV is no longer a death sentence. But millions continue to die prematurely because they cannot access the drugs that will prolong their lives and dramatically reduce their suffering. Politicians are not coming forward with the leadership or the resources needed to respond to the crisis. International trade rules and the practices of pharmaceutical companies are keeping life-saving medicine priced out of reach.
In 2005, world leaders promised treatment for all by 2010. The UK government led the way in securing this promise. But they are not taking the action to make sure this promise is kept. Less than 30% of those in need of treatment receive it, and only a quarter of the funds needed to tackle AIDS are available. If the response is not scaled up urgently the universal access target will be missed - by more than a decade - and millions will die unnecessarily.
This year the UK government will publish a new strategy on tackling HIV and AIDS in the developing world. Due in Spring 2008, this document will shape their efforts over the next three crucial years. It must show a renewed commitment to keeping the promise of universal access by 2010 — providing the money, health workers, affordable medicines and political leadership that are needed to keep the promise.
AIDS is the crisis of our generation. The majority of those living with HIV/AIDS are under 25; many are born with HIV. It is our generation that is most affected, and it is our generation that has to respond. Student campaigners played a crucial role in persuading world leaders to commit to universal access; we must hold them to their promise.
Take Action
Step one: Raise awareness and get more people involved
Step two: Put the spotlight on AIDS. A mass video petition to send a powerful message to decision makers.
Step three: Get your MP on side