December 1, 2022|Access to Medicines, COVID-19, Funding the Fight, Health Justice, Transparency & AccountabilityFORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE: On World AIDS Day, People with HIV, Long COVID and ME/CFS Protest Biden’s Pandemics Neglect, Urge Funding from Congress in Demonstration Outside the White HouseDecember 1, 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In an unprecedented on-site and virtual World AIDS Day protest, people with HIV united with chronically ill and disabled people with Long COVID, myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), and others, in a rally today outside the…
July 27, 2022|Funding the Fight, Health Justice, Transparency & AccountabilityAs the International AIDS Conference Kicks Off in Montreal, New UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Shows Deadly Backsliding Away From Ending the Pandemic, With AIDS Deaths No Longer DecliningFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2022 As the International AIDS Conference Kicks Off in Montreal, New UNAIDS Global AIDS Update Shows Deadly Backsliding Away From Ending the Pandemic, With AIDS Deaths No Longer Declining Perfect storm rising of pandemic competition,…
September 29, 2021|Transparency & AccountabilityNOMINATION OF DR. JOHN NKENGASONG TO LEAD PEPFAR IS GROUNDBREAKING FOR CRUCIAL POSITION THAT HAS BEEN EMPTY FAR TOO LONG“President Biden’s nomination of Dr. John Nkengasong to serve as the next U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator is a groundbreaking choice for a crucial position that has been empty for far too long. The stakes could not be higher in the…
December 2, 2019|Transparency & AccountabilityA new initiative—the Ritshidze Project—will monitor the quality of HIV services in 400 clinics across South Africa Contact: Ngqabutho Mpofu (Treatment Action Campaign) +27 61 807 6443 | ngqabutho.mpofu@tac.org.za Lotti Rutter (Health GAP) | +27 82 065 5842 |lotti@healthgap.org New UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima joins Ritshidze staff to monitor a clinic and join a community meeting…
April 29, 2019|Transparency & AccountabilityPlan to Cut U.S Funding for South Africa’s HIV Response Reversed, Increased Funding Left on Table Contacts: Nomatter Ndebele (SECTION27): +27 72 919 2752 | ndebele@section27.org.za Brittany Herrick (Health GAP): +1 347 263 8438 ext. 101 | brittany@healthgap.org (Washington, D.C.) — Last week it was announced that a dramatic cut in U.S. funding to South Africa’s HIV response will…
July 18, 2018|Transparency & AccountabilityStatement from Health GAP on the Release of New Data on the State of the Global AIDS ResponseAsia Russell, Executive Director of the Health Global Access Project (Health GAP) issued the following statement: “The global AIDS response is profoundly off track. This harsh reality is the consequence of major funders, in particular the U.S. government, refusing to…
November 14, 2017|Transparency & AccountabilityHealth GAP issued the following statement regarding the election of a new Executive Director, Peter Sands, by the Board of Directors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and MalariaHealth Global Access Project (Health GAP) issued the following statement regarding the election of a new Executive Director, Peter Sands, by the Board of Directors of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. "The Global Fund’s new director…
September 20, 2017|Transparency & AccountabilityPress Statement: Dozens of Countries Left Out of New PEPFAR Strategy, Threatening Global AIDS ResponsePlan Reflects Significant Resource Scarcity, Congress & Administration Failure to Provide Sufficient Funding Secretary of State Rex Tillerson yesterday unveiled the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) “Strategy for Accelerating HIV/AIDS Epidemic Control (2017-2020)” at the United Nations General…
July 18, 2016|Transparency & AccountabilityAIDS Response at Code RedContacts: Anso Thom, thom@section27.org.za, +27(0)82 466 7822 Matthew Kavanagh, matthew@healthgap.org SA: +27 (0)60 937 3425 US: +1 202 486 2488 Lotti Rutter, lotti.rutter@mail.tac.org.za +27 (0)81 818 8493 Thousands of Activists March to International AIDS Conference in Durban: “We’re Not Even…
June 10, 2016|Transparency & AccountabilityHealth GAP and MSMGF Welcome US Government Announcement of New Funding for Key Populations(New York, NY) At the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS this week, pledges to end AIDS by 2030 were undermined by weakened and ideologically driven language about HIV among men who have sex with men, transgender persons, sex…
