Dear colleagues,

The Communities Delegation of the Global Fund Board would like to celebrate and honour a great man, leader and activist. We need your help to do that.

Michel Kazatchkine's departure from the Global Fund brings to close another incredible chapter of his life. Many of us know Michel from the early days of the HIV epidemic when he would go out of his way to provide care to people living with HIV, when he would advocate on our behalf and fight for the inclusion and involvement of those most affected.

In 2001, India’s generics brought prices down from $15000 per person per year to $350 for first line AIDS medicines.

80% of people living with HIV in developing countries are on Indian generic ARVs

Over 90% of pediatric AIDS medicines are supplied by Indian generics.

BUT ALL THIS COULD CHANGE IF INDIA DOES NOT SAY NO TO
IP IN THE EU-INDIA FTA

One of the biggest barriers to attending the upcoming International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) that we hear is lack of funds.  To address this, the U.S. Positive Women's Network (www.pwn-usa.org) has  designed a toolkit to  give  you  everything  you  need  to  reach  your  fundraising  goals  so  you can participate in AIDS 2012. 

TORONTO/OTTAWA, December 9, 2011 — Canadian civil society organizations working for global public health and human rights welcome yesterday’s statement from the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, reaffirming Canada’s support of and commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – and to disbursing Canada’s annual commitment to the Global Fund by the end of December. We are pleased thatCanada will honour its pledge to the Global Fund, which has saved millions of lives and prevented untold suffering in only a decade of operation.