Treatment Action
Campaign of South Africa
The Treatment Action Campaign of South Africa is the biggest
and most important grassroots AIDS organization in the
world.
Health GAP
(Health Global Access Project)
Health GAP is a public policy organization that focuses
on advocating for treatment and other services for people
with AIDS in developing countries. Current campaigns include
lobbying for money for the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and
Malaria; combatting unfair trade practices that restrict
access to life-saving medications; and compelling corporations
to offer affordable AIDS medication to their workers.
AIDSPAN
AIDSpan is a nonprofit organization that serves as a link
between the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria and
health advocates and officials worldwide. This web site
contains a wealth of information about the Global Fund.
ACT UP (The AIDS
Coalition to Unleash Power)
ACT UP, founded in New York, is a landmark, all-volunteer
grassroots patient rights organization. ACT UP New York
is doing exciting work and welcomes new people (their general
body meetings are not their best feature, however). If
you want to have a direct impact on the policies that affect
people with AIDS in your community or around the world,
join or start an ACT UP. Site includes activist resources
and links to ACT UP Philadelphia, ACT UP Paris and other
ACT UPs that have sprung up around the US and the world.
The groups work together but each is separate, with a distinct
culture.