ICAD congratulates Albert Beck , Alexandra de Kiewit (Intervenante et éducatrice en réduction des risques et méfaits, Le Dispensaire), and Muhammad Furqan Waleed (Positive Programs Manager, YouthCO HIV and Hep C Society), the three civil society representatives who have been selected to join the Canadian delegation to the UN High Level Meeting on HIV. We are grateful to have the voices of these three individuals sharing their perspectives based on their lived experiences and representing their organizations on the Canadian delegation!
Global Response
Dear Right Honourable Prime Minister Trudeau,The UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV (UNGA HLM on HIV) from June 8-10, 2021 will be a critical moment for global leaders to come together and reaffirm their commitment to ending HIV […]
ICAD is working with Global Affairs Canada (GAC) to recruit two members for the Canadian Delegation to the UN High-Level Meeting on HIV (HLM on HIV). We are recruiting one delegate who is a person living with HIV, and a […]
Webinar: The High-Level Meeting on TB: Mobilizing Canadian ActionFebruary 14, 2018
Why is the HLM on tuberculosis (TB) important for Canada’s HIV and TB civil society? How does TB affect people living in Canada? How can you get involved in Canadian and global advocacy efforts in lead up to the HLM on TB?
ICAD and RESULTS Canada invite you to join us for an online discussion to learn more.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET Register Free Killing 1.7 million people in 2016, TB is the most deadly infectious disease and leading cause of death for people with HIV around the world. In September 2018 the world will gather at the United Nations for the High-Level Meeting on … Read more
“Her decades of experience fighting the epidemic and campaigning for the human rights of those affected by it make her the perfect person to help lead the delegation’s work at this crucial time in the response.” 11 January 2018 (Washington, D.C.) — After a thorough selection process, the Developed Country NGO delegation to the Board of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria is delighted to announce that it has selected Robin Montgomery to be its new Alternate Board Member. Robin joined the Developed Country NGO delegation in 2014. In addition to her work on the delegation, Robin has been a leader in the civil society response to … Read more
By Laura Davies, Avert - Children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa need to be urgently prioritised otherwise HIV targets will not be met.
October 19, 2017, Toronto, CANADA and Caracas, VENEZUELA Venezuela is in the middle of an unprecedented, state-made, complex humanitarian emergency with severe and widespread social consequences, including for people living with and affected by HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, ICASO and ACCSI said today in launching a new report. International inaction has set the stage for a rapidly worsening disaster in 2018. “In May 2017, the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria voted to support a regional response to the crisis,” said Mary Ann Torres, executive director of ICASO. “But this has not yet materialized.” Venezuela’s government denies the crisis, and blocks publication of health data … Read more
S.O.S. Venezuela: Urgent solidarity needed! [ICASO]September 14, 2017
There is a humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, the home country of our Executive Director Mary Ann Torres. This is a crisis of many facets, but it is above all, humanitarian: people are dying of hunger. People are dying of preventable, […]
By Georgia White - Over recent weeks, we’ve seen a raft of media coverage on the progress made towards ending AIDS. Thousands of experts just gathered in Paris to discuss the latest science, and UNAIDS launched a major report. Some […]
[goats and soda - NPR] By Natalie Jacewicz - For the first time, more than half of the 36.7 million people with HIV have access to treatment. That means most people with HIV are taking the antiretroviral medicines needed to […]
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