Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Aging
Children
Drug Control
HIV/AIDS
Human Rights
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Human rights of women
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Research
Women and HIV/AIDS
Women and health
Women and poverty
Population:
Morbidity and mortality
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Sustainable Development:
Health
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Geographic scope: |
International
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Country of activity: |
Norway
Belgium
Thailand
Algeria
Türkiye
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
India
Peru
San Marino
Zimbabwe
Madagascar
Armenia
United Republic of Tanzania
Lithuania
Ecuador
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Spain
Comoros
State of Palestine
Romania
Mauritania
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Russian Federation
Singapore
Georgia
United States of America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Bulgaria
Qatar
Slovenia
Iraq
Sweden
Republic of Korea
Mexico
Kyrgyzstan
Monaco
Côte D'Ivoire
Jamaica
Grenada
Jordan
Bhutan
Cape Verde
Latvia
Maldives
Denmark
Sudan
Serbia
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Ghana
Egypt
Belarus
Saint Lucia
Philippines
Cambodia
Namibia
Gabon
Ukraine
Somalia
Tonga
Haiti
Viet Nam
Cuba
Botswana
Angola
Democratic Republic of the Congo
China
Malawi
Guinea Bissau
Republic of Moldova
Montenegro
Mauritius
Netherlands
Finland
Sao Tome and Principe
Slovakia
Greece
Djibouti
Israel
Myanmar
New Zealand
Antigua and Barbuda
Nigeria
Togo
Benin
Lesotho
Argentina
Mali
Guyana
Ireland
Dominica
Yemen
Guatemala
Eritrea
Iceland
Cameroon
Kazakhstan
Poland
Central African Republic
Rwanda
Afghanistan
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Honduras
Paraguay
Bosnia and Herzegovina
El Salvador
Gambia
Burkina Faso
France
Tunisia
Panama
Cyprus
Mozambique
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Bangladesh
Azerbaijan
Hungary
Pakistan
Syrian Arab Republic
Morocco
Congo
Mongolia
Saudi Arabia
Uganda
Bahrain
Austria
Chile
Albania
Guinea
Lebanon
Barbados
Libya
Malaysia
Tajikistan
Canada
Croatia
Bahamas
Kuwait
Colombia
Papua New Guinea
Kenya
Fiji
Sierra Leone
Seychelles
Uruguay
Costa Rica
Indonesia
Japan
Uzbekistan
Portugal
Germany
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Czechia
Eswatini
Italy
Suriname
Brazil
Australia
Ethiopia
Burundi
Switzerland
Oman
United Arab Emirates
South Africa
Liberia
Luxembourg
Estonia
Senegal
Belize
Zambia
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
1988 |
Organizational structure: |
IAS Governing Council (GC) Every 2 years, IAS members from each of 5 the regions nominate members to serve a term of 4 years on the IAS GC. The next President and Treasurer are 1st elected amongst and by the members of the GC. Elections are held electronically amongst members within each region to fill the vacant seats on the GC. The 5 regions are USA and Canada, Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia and the Pacific Islands. The IAS Secretariat, with direction from the GC implements the work of the IAS. As the largest independent global association of HIV/AIDS professionals and custodian of the world’s two largest AIDS conferences, the International AIDS Conference and the IAS Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention Conference,IAS brings together and link individuals working in diverse disciplines and settings, separated by geography, culture, language and resource levels, and to leverage their expertise and knowledge in an effective, sustained global response to the epidemic. At its November 2010 retreat in Geneva, the IAS GC reviewed past and ongoing IAS policy advocacy work in light of the overall HIV/AIDS response. Based on major reports released by leading actors such as UNAIDS and WHO and embedded in the IAS’s current strategic plan, the GC agreed on priority areas for 2011 and 2012 using several criteria, including the contribution and leadership role that the IAS can play, the expertise and experience in the IAS and the profile of its membership, the use of IAS conferences and the likelihood of securing funding. The IAS will play a leadership role in four areas: • HIV cure with focus on global scientific strategy and a consortium • drug policies with focus on opioid substitution therapy (OST) • social and political sciences with focus on and around the IAS’s international conferences on HIV and AIDS • human rights with focus on HIV professionals and key vulnerable populations. IAS will work through partnerships and representation in other key areas. The IAS plans to aim higher into political leadership accountability including the G8, regional political bodies like SADC, African Union, NEPAD, EU, etc. The process will entail recording and tracking their pledges, commitments and progress in delivering official strategic frameworks. With a strong team of committed professionals in the Geneva office managing this work, in collaboration with Regional Partners, and strategic collaborations with UN agencies, private foundations, industry, community-based networks, PLHIV, and the International AIDS Conference/ the IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, the IAS has supported a large number of activities aimed at influencing the global agenda. |
Number and type of members: |
The International AIDS Society (IAS) is the world's leading independent association of HIV professionals, with over 16,000 members from more than 194 countries working at all levels of the global response to AIDS. Our members include researchers from all disciplines, clinicians, public health and community practitioners on the frontlines of the epidemic, as well as policy and programme planners. |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Affiliation with IDPC, NGO Forum for Health and Alliance for Health Promotion |
Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Product sales and business services
Foreign and international grants
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