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ICASO makes plea for Venezuela at 40th UNAIDS PCB

29 June 2017–Geneva, Switzerland — At the 40th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), ICASO Executive Director Mary Ann Torres made an intervention regarding the dire situation facing people living with and at risk for HIV in Venezuela. During her remarks, others in the room stood up and held signs reading “SOS Venezuela,” in a visual demonstration of support. The full text of her intervention is below, in English and Spanish. Some photos of the session are also included at the bottom of this post.… Read more

Statement by on behalf of the International Indigenous HIV & AIDS Community, the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and INA (Māori, Indigenous & South Pacific) HIV/AIDS Foundation

Statement by on behalf of the International Indigenous HIV & AIDS Community, the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network and INA (Māori, Indigenous & South Pacific) HIV/AIDS Foundation 25 April 2017 Sixteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Honourable Chairperson, the Lanape People, dignitaries and all our indigenous family, thank you for the opportunity to speak.… Read more

2015 ICASO Annual Report

2015 represented the culmination of an era. Fifteen years before, the world had come together to agree on a path to address extreme poverty in all its multidimensional facets– the result was the Millennium Development Goals.Among the eight goals, “combatingHIV, malaria, and other diseases,” guided the work we did.… Read more

Collaborative Canadian Study on HIV, Housing and Health Wins 2016 Robert Carr Research Award

A ground-breaking, community-based Canadian study exploring the relationship between housing and health for people living with HIV has been honoured with the second Robert Carr Research Award. Positive Spaces Healthy Places: HIV, Housing and Health Research in Action – a 10-year longitudinal study – documented the impact of housing on both the physical and mental health-related quality of life for people living with HIV. Read the complete press release here.… Read more

Marama Pala, noted Māori AIDS advocate, elected ICASO’s board chair

Toronto, Canada. July 15, 2015 — ICASO is pleased to announce that Marama Pala has been elected chair of its board of directors. Marama Pala was the first Māori woman to publicly disclose her HIV status; she has since become a powerful activist for Māori and marginalized communities.… Read more