| Affiliation with other organizations: |
The organization is affiliated with Brazilian Network of Peoples' Integration (REBRIP), Brazilian Committee on Human Rights and Foreign Policy (CBDHPE) , Latin American Network on Access to Medicines (REDLAM), Sexuality Policy Watch (SPW), National Articulation of AIDS (ANAIDS), Consejo Latinoamericano y del Caribe de organizaciones no gubernamentales con servicio en HIV/SIDA (LACCASO), Alianza Lac-Global por el acceso a medicamentos, Make Medicines Affordable Coalition |
| Publications: |
(Myth vs. Reality: on the Brazilian response to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in 2016, 2016); (Pedagogy of Prevention, 2016); (El fin del SIDA?, 2015); (Analysis of the Context of Prostitution in Relation to Human Rights, Work, Culture and Health in Brazil, 2013); (Overview of patent status and sanitary registration of ARV drugs in Brazil. Implications for access and industrial health policy, 2012); (Sexuality and Development, 2011); (IP Rights and Access to ARVs: Civil Society Resistance in the Global South, 2011); (Female condom: global policies to the Brazilian reality, 2011) ; (Access to Medicines: Public Hearing on Health, 2009); (Survey on HIV / AIDS Needs in the homosexual population of Greater Rio, 2008); More available in: http://abiaids.org.br/categoria/publicacoes/hivaids; http://abiaids.org.br/categoria/publicacoes/sexualidade; http://deolhonaspatentes.org/acoes/publicacoes/ |
| Purpose of the organization: |
To respond to the HIV and AIDS epidemic from a human rights perspective, based on the principles of solidarity, social justice and democracy |
| Confirmation of the activities of the organization at the regional, national or international level: |
At the national level, the organization advocates for the rights of people living with HIV/Aids through the promotion of civil society participation in decision-making processes, the design and implementation of rights-based policies, the call for sustainability, transparency and accountability of public policies and bodies, and the use of denounces, litigation and social mobilization tools to advance the public interest.The organization also organizes events, publications, trainings and activities aimed at democratizing access to knowledge, building coalitions and contributing with public debate and empowerment of affected populations. At the regional level, the organization articulates policy strategies with other partner organizations in Latin America and the Global South with a view on responding to the epidemic in those regions. Internationally, the organization uses multilateral mechanisms and organizations to denounce or advance issues related to the Brazilian and worldwide realities of the epidemic, as well as participating in spaces for reflection, policy debate and coalition building. More available in: http://deolhonaspatentes.org/acoes/eventos/ http://abiaids.org.br/categoria/midias |
| A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: |
Richard Parker, President-director, American Regina Maria Barbosa, Vice-president, Brazilian Kenneth Rochel de Camargo Júnior, General-Secretary, Brazilian Simone Souza Monteiro, Treasurer, Brazilian Jorge Beloqui, Alternate Treasurer, Argentine Fátima Rocha, Fiscal Counselor, Brazilian Fernando Seffner, Fiscal Counselor, Brazilian Luis Felipe Rios de Nascimento, Fiscal Counselor, Brazilian Francisco Pedrosa, Participant Associate, Brazilian Claudia Osório, Participant Associate, Brazilian Valdiléa Veloso, Participant Associate, Brazilian Ruben Mattos, Participant Associate, Brazilian George Gouvea, Participant Associate, Brazilian Pedro Chequer, Participant Associate, Brazilian Mário Scheffer, Participant Associate, Brazilian Carlos Duarte, Participant Associate, Brazilian Alexandre Grangeiro, Participant Associate, Brazilian |
| Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: |
The organization is composed by a president and a vice-presidente; a general-secretary; a treasurer and his alternate; three fiscal counselors; nine participants associates and seventeen staff members. The total number of member is thirty four |
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