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Posted July 13, 2010 For more on ICASO and its Regional Secretariats acitivities during the XVIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010), download our flyers in PDF. For more on AIDS Action Europe and the Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organizations' activities during the conference. |
Posted July 13, 2010 Responding to AIDS saves lives – now is the time to scale up This year could be the defining moment when leaders make a difference in turning the tide on the AIDS pandemic. As such, the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) calls on world leaders and policy-makers to honour their commitments to reach universal access (to HIV prevention, treatment and care). Full statement ... |
Posted July 8, 2010 An overview of the Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organization's activities during AIDS 2010, in Vienna, Austria, from July 18 - 24, 2010. APCASO is ICASO's Regional Secretariat in Asia and the Pacific. Read more and download the flyer ... |
Posted July 8, 2010 An overview of AIDS Action Europe's activities during AIDS 2010, in Vienna, Austria, from July 18 - 24, 2010. AIDS Action Europe is ICASO's Regional Secretariat in Europe. Read more ... |
POSTED May 21, 2010 MSMGF Outraged at 14 Year Imprisonment of Monjeza and Chimbalanga in Malawi - brutal sentence violates human rights, undermines fight against HIV and AIDSICASO's Director of Policy and Advocacy, Dr. Rober Carr, who is also Co-Chair of MSMGF said, “I am speechless with horror. This sentence and the law under which it was carried out go against everything we know about human rights, everything we know about public health." Read the full statement here ... |
POSTED May 17, 2010 You can download the brief in PDF format by clicking here. Also,
Homophobia in the Age of AIDS: A Letter from the MSMGF's Executive Officer on the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO) |
Call for experts to serve on Global Fund Technical Review Panel |
 News from AIDS Action Europe, ICASO's European partner. |
ICASO Board member honoured
"Toni chaired the HIV Community Advisory Panel of the former Wellesley Hospital. Later, joining the fight to save the hospital, he was instrumental in creating the Wellesley Institute. With a strong interest in housing and social justice, Di Pede has served as a commissioner of the Ontario Advocacy Commission, and in key board roles with the Drs. Paul and John Rekai Centre, the Out of the Cold Resource Centre, and The Wellesley Central Residence Inc., Toronto’s first affordable housing designed for seniors and people living with HIV/AIDS. Recognizing Di Pede’s instrumental guidance in creating this innovative housing solution, the building was in 2009 named the 'Tony Di Pede Affordable Housing Complex'.” Read more ... or watch the video tribute Tony was also interviewed by ZoomerNews. Video Former executive director of ICASO, Richard Burzynski, was honoured with the award in 2008. Read more ... |
Newsletter by AIDS Action Europe Highlights of World AIDS Day activities in Europe and Central Asia Again in 2009, numerous NGOs in Europe and in the rest of the world have organised activities and events to increase awareness; raise funds; remember those we have lost; celebrate the successes of our work; and advocate for future action. This edition of our e-news is fully dedicated to World AIDS Day activities that have been organised by some member organisations of AIDS Action Europe. We received lots of input from various countries, varying from Belgium to Romania and from Tajikistan to the Czech Republic. Enjoy reading and let these stories inspire you for World AIDS Day 2010! |
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Posted November 25, 2009 APCASO recognized for work in AIDS advocacy |
Posted November 4, 2009 HIV-related travel restrictions |
Posted October 26, 2009 On 14-15 October 2009, civil society organizations from around the world came together to discuss the many issues related to ART as prevention. Participants decided to issue a statement to the participants in the consultation on ART as prevention,hosted by the World Health Organization, held in Geneva on 2-4 November. EN | ESP | FR |
Posted August 27, 2009 ICASO announces Dr Robert Carr as its new Associate Director: Policy and Advocacy TORONTO – The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) is
pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Robert Carr as the new Associate Director, |
| Posted August 10, 2009 For news from the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, click here. |
Posted July 28, 2009 Phnom Penh – The Cambodian government should urgently address dangerous conditions in a de facto AIDS colony it has created and immediately stop sending HIV-affected families there, more than 100 international HIV/AIDS and social justice organizations and experts said in a joint letter delivered on July 27, 2009 to Cambodia’s prime minister and health minister. For more ... Open letter to the Government of Cambodia |
Posted July 21, 2009 Advocates for Health Millennium Development Goals Unite to Demand World Leaders Honor Funding Commitments Cape Town -- In an unprecedented and historic show of unity, advocates for all the health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have charged the leaders of G-8 countries of reneging on their commitments to health by chronically underfunding programs for AIDS, TB, maternal and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and health systems strengthening across the globe. For more in EN ... |
| Call to Action: Support Global Drug Policy Reform |
World Drug Day, 26 June 2009 For more in CH | EN | ESP | PG | PL | PYCC |
Posted June 25, 2009 As the United Nations launches the 2009 World Drug Report this week, more than 40 international groups and experts worldwide issued a call to action that presses governments to adopt a humane approach to drug policy. The call to action, signed by the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, former president of Brazil Fernando Cardoso, and others, urges governments to enact policies that are based on scientific and medical research rather than politics. For more in EN
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Posted June 25, 2009 For more on the work of AIDS Action Europe, click here |
Posted June 15, 2009 AIDS Action Europe - ICASO's European Regional Secretariat - celebrates its five year anniversary this year. Over the years, AIDS Action Europe has grown into a network of over 230 member organizations in 44 European countries. For more in EN | PYCC |
Posted May 27, 2009 May 18, 2009 was World AIDS Vaccine Day - a day created to highlight the urgent need for an AIDS vaccine. An op-ed published in a Canadian newspaper, the National Post, co-authored by several of the leading AIDS voices in Canada (including ICASO), looks at the progress that has been made in the development of an AIDS vaccine. The article argues for sustained commitment and partnership, to ensure that AIDS vaccine development remains an urgent priority. For more, click here ... or read the article in the National Post on-line version. |
Posted May 20, 2009 The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, described as a "model mechanism for mobilizing resources to address the most serious global health problems of our time," faces a shortfall of about $5 billion to meet the demand for the funding of projects in 2009 and 2010. For more in EN |
Posted April 23, 2009 Statement by the national committee representing civil society organizations, the Senegalese Ministry of Health and National AIDS Control Council, UN agencies, and development partners |
Posted March 26, 2009 By Zackie Achmat |
February 24, 2009 "The most vulnerable are still the most excluded," says Kieran Daly, Executive Director of ICASO. For more in EN ... |
February 5, 2009 Richard Burzynski, the previous head of the International Council of AIDS Service Organization (ICASO), has been recognized for his pioneering leadership and activism in the fields of HIV and AIDS and social justice by Toronto’s Casey House. For more in EN ... |
January 26, 2009 The Board of Directors of the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) named Kieran Daly as the new Executive Director of its International Secretariat today. For more in EN | ESP | FR |
| December 16, 2008 As leadership changes at UNAIDS, ICASO pays tribute to the past Executive Director and welcomes the new head of the joint United Nations program on HIV and AIDS. EN |
| December 1, 2008 Increasing HIV testing requires human rights protections: the role that scaling up access to treatment can have on HIV protection. ICASO is concerned that human rights violations are still the main barrier to accessing prevention, treatment, care and support services that can mean the difference between life and death for people living with HIV. For more (in EN) ... |
| December 1, 2008 World AIDS Day edition of the AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific quarterly. Click on this link to download the PDF version. |
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2008 ICASO is an organizing partner for the XVII International AIDS Conference For news on ICASO and its Regional Secretariats' (AfriCASO, Aids Action Europe, APCASO, LACCASO and NACASO) involvement in the conference, in Mexico City (August 3 - 8), and more, click here... |
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2, 2008 Long-time AIDS activist to step down as head of ICASO The Executive Director of the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), Richard Burzynski, today announced that he would be stepping down as head of the organization by the end of the year. For more...EN | ESP | FR |
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23, 2008 AIDS activist appointed Special Rapporteur on Health for the UN Human Rights Council Anand Grover – a board member of the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) and long time AIDS advocate with the Lawyers Collective in Bombay, India – has been appointed Special Rapporteur on Health and Human Rights for the United Nations Human Rights Council. For more... |
| June 13, 2008 Action for Universal Access 2010: Myths and Realities Over 500 representatives from civil society organizations participated in the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS, from June 10 - 11, 2008. During the meeting, the media support team for civil society issued three press releases: UN Review opens with calls to eliminate travel restrictions for people living with HIV "We are all connected" - Tackling exclusion key to effective global response to AIDS "We are a bald tire slipping on ice" - Civil Society Reactions to UN AIDS Review For more on the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS (June 10 - 11, 2008), click here |
| June 5, 2008 Press Release UN: Open AIDS meeting to all: General Assembly should reverse ban on human rights and sexual health groups A coalition of human rights groups and international AIDS organisations called on the UN General Assembly to reverse its decision to exclude three human rights and sexual health nongovernmental organizations from the June 10 - 11 High Level Meeting on AIDS. For more ... |
| May 30, 2008 Feature Thai activists call for international solidarity in support of drug users Recent stricter government measures against drug users in Thailand is seen as a threat to "harm reduction" principle in the fight against HIV and AIDS. For more ... |
Toni Di Pede - a member of ICASO's Board of Directors - has been honoured with an award by Casey House. The award recognized and celebrated his more than 20 years of leadership and advocacy for people and communities who are marginalized because of HIV and AIDS, age, disability or poverty.
