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Community Programme Vision
Reclaiming ownership of the agenda
Building on the history of community involvement in the International AIDS conferences, AIDS 2008 provides an opportunity to reach and involve diverse communities affected by HIV and provide spaces for wide-spread representation and dialogue. The conference must be a catalyst for those communities most affected by HIV to regain an urgency and momentum to their activism in order to reclaim ownership of the agenda through the creation of strategic alliances and articulation of each others’ needs.
Addressing human rights and social justice
AIDS 2008 must create a platform for the re-establishment and reinforcement of linkages among communities and the most marginalized to address issues of human rights, social justice and economic inequality, including south-south and south- north differences and access issues.
Bringing together community and evidence-based science
The conference must offer the potential to highlight new challenges threatening our communities and for evidence- based science and community to come together to jointly address these issues.
Ensuring a long-term legacy for the region
Taking place in Latin America, and close to the Caribbean, the conference is an excellent opportunity to focus on concentrated epidemics, which are linked intrinsically to generalized epidemics in other parts of the world. It must leave a lasting legacy in the region, empowering local communities and promoting meaningful community involvement at local and regional levels.
Demanding accountability and action
Remaining action-oriented, harnessing community power and strength and demanding accountability from all stakeholders must be underlying principles for our involvement in AIDS 2008 if universal access to prevention, treatment and care are to be achieved by 2010.
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Community Programme Committee |
Co-Chairs
Beatrice Were, Uganda
Philippa Lawson, USA
Juan Jacobo Hernandez, Mexico
Members
Kate Thomson, Switzerland
Andrew Hunter, Thailand
Muwoli Mvula, Zambia
Anuar Luna, Mexico
Ninel Diaz, Mexico
Anandi Yuvaraj, India
Gcebile Ndlovu, Swaziland
Evan Collins, Canada
Tariq Zafar, Pakistan
Niza Picasso, Mexico
Marcus Day, Saint Lucia
Click here to view photos of the committee co-chairs and members.
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Guide to Community Involvement in AIDS 2008 |
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