Overview of reform efforts and success in increasing PLWHA participation
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Overview of reform efforts and success in increasing PLWHA participation
Michael TikiliCommunity Organizer
Health GAP07/26/12 1www.healthgap.org
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Health GAP is…
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• An international AIDS activist organization dedicated to eliminating the barriers to lifesaving HIV treatment for everyone.
• A strong believer in direct action organizing and strategic policy making.
• Began with a series of beautifully choreographed direct actions targeting then VP and Pres. Candidate Al Gore for his role in preventing South Africa from importing generic, affordable medications.
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Overview• Lifting of the
Travel Ban• Global Village• Technological
advances• Financial assistance
• AIDS activist inclusion
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Lifting of the HIV travel Ban-In 2009 President Obama lifted the ban on travel and immigration to the U.S. by individuals with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS .
-There are still limitations to PLWHA due to other U.S. travel restrictions07/26/12 www.healthgap.org 4
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The Global Village• The Global Village is a diverse and vibrant space where community gathers
from all over the world to meet, share and learn from each other. It is a space for community to demonstrate the application of science and good leadership. It is also a space that invites conference participants to see how science translates into community action and intervention.
• Important aspects– Global Villages Sessions– Networking Zones– Main stage– Youth Pavilion– NGO and Market place booths
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Technological Advances• Conference Hubs
• 2012 Smart phone application
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Financial Assistance• 2012 accessible to people from resource-limited settings and communities • AIDS 2012 has selected more than 800 recipients of full and partial
conference scholarships from a pool of more than 10,000 applications
• At the direction of the CCC, the scoring process gives priority to HIV-positive people, people from resource-limited settings and communities, researchers, young people, women, community activists and civil society representatives.
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AIDS activist inclusion
• Activist Liaison
• Activist work space
• Positive lounge
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Contact Info
Michael TikiliHealth GAP
Community [email protected]
Cell + 1 347 217 3030www.healthgap.org
www.treatAIDSendAIDS.org
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