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…
March 3, 2016|Transparency & AccountabilityNew Audit of Global Fund grants in Uganda finds millions in unspent fundsNew Audit of Global Fund Grants in Uganda finds millions in unspent funds; massive public sector stockouts of life-saving HIV medicines; ineffective Ministry of Health leadership, management and oversight; and lack of government accountability Ugandan activists call for immediate bold…
