MTV Advocacy 7 Points of Entry

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MTV Advocacy 7 Points of Entry

• Shaun Mellors
• International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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The common goal of MTV advocates is the full
realization of the human right to the highest
attainable standard of health for all people
living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

• MTV advocates recognize that
• the lack of access to existing treatments is a
  gross denial of human rights and we cannot permit
  such a situation to repeat itself when
  microbicides and vaccines are developed
• the ongoing social and economic inequities that
  fuel the HIV epidemic mean we need to equip
  people with new ways of protecting themselves
  against infection
• we need better tools for both preventing HIV and
  caring for people living with HIV/AIDS if we are
  to achieve the human right to health for all
  people.

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How and why were the 7 points developed?

• An international Microbicides, Treatment,
  Vaccines (MTV) meeting held in Montreal, Canada
  in November 2004 and hosted by the Canadian
  HIV/AIDS Legal Network, the South African AIDS
  Law Project and the International Council of AIDS
  Service Organisations (ICASO)
• The aim was to facilitate discussion, dialogue
  and cross learning between stakeholders in the
  three areas so that advocacy and activism could
  be strengthened

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• 1. Collective advocacy to donors to fund
  specific issues/areas common to MTV

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• 2. Exchange of information, knowledge and skills

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• 3. Ensuring and supporting both treatment and
  prevention advocacy in our work

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• 4. Holding all stakeholders accountable to
  ensure access through an ethical and rights based
  process

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• 5. Ensure advocacy and activism in MTV is
  gendered

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• 6. More research in the South and cross learning
  by scientists between MTV

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• 7. Developing an evolving understanding of
  community partnership (including preparedness
  involvement, mobilization, involvement,
  participation etc)

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Mitchell Warren, AVAC
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Have we learnt anything?
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With thanks Dawn Cavanagh Gender AIDS
Forum Manju Chatani AMAG Mitchell Warren
AVAC Edd Lee AVAC