Campaigns
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Universal Access
HIV is a preventable condition, yet over 6000 new people contract it every day. We have the drugs to treat HIV, but 10 million people who need treatment cannot access it. In 2003 the Student Stop AIDS Campaign was born and we began our first campaign to ensure that the political leaders would demonstrate their [...]
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Access to treatment
Access to treatment is an essential aspect of the response to HIV/AIDS and a major focus of our campaign work. HIV does not have to be a death sentence. For over 20 years we have had drugs which control the virus, and turn HIV from a killer into a manageable condition. Over time the drugs [...]
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Medicines Patent Pool
Within our access to treatment work we have been campaigning for the creation of an HIV medicines patent pool. In 2008 we began our Push for the Pool campaign calling on the UK government to support the idea and rally behind it within UNITAID. Stop AIDS campaigners collected thousands of action cards across the UK, [...]
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Robin Hood Tax
During this time of economic downturn and decreased funding for the AIDS response, the Global Fund and civil society organisations globally are increasingly looking for other innovative ways to increase funding, in particular through a Robin Hood Tax (or financial transaction tax). The Robin Hood Tax campaign launched in the UK in February 2010 [...]
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EU-India FTA
Millions of people in developing countries rely on affordable generic medicines produced in countries like India to stay alive. But the European Commission is pushing aggressive policies that will severely restrict people’s access to these life-saving medicines. The attack is taking a number of different forms but most aggressive are the free trade agreements (FTAs) [...]
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Funding the AIDS response
The promise to deliver universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 has not been delivered. There are still 9 million people in need of HIV treatment worldwide. The global recession has caused world leaders to back out of their commitments, but if we are to deliver on our promises by the [...]
