The global response to HIV has been unprecedented over the past five years. The crisis of the 80s and 90s eventually galvanized a broad reaction from donors, programmers, political leaders and those directly affected by HIV. However, the response appears to be struggling. Donor countries such as the G8 are backing out of commitments, or at least watering them down. The global economic crisis is used time and again to explain why the funding that is needed to continue the scale up of programming to treat those infected and prevent new infections, is not forthcoming. However, the decision to keep the momentum of AIDS funding remains a matter of political will. Donors are retreating, at the very time when we are seeing unparalleled success and triumph over this disease, at the expense of people's lives.

Past ICAD work

• 2010 G8/G20 Summit
• 2010 MDG Summit