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Special News: About ITPC The International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) is a worldwide coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS and their advocates. It campaigns for universal and free AIDS treatment for all HIV+ people, as well as for greater input from HIV+ people in the decision-making that affects their lives. ITPC works to achieve these goals at the local, regional and international level. History of the ITPC In 2002, a group of treatment activists from around he world identified the need for a stronger international response for (address the need to) global provision of HIV/AIDS treatment to millions of people who need it. They communicated with each other through an email group and created this coalition. In March 2003, one hundred and twenty five people with HIV/AIDS and their advocates from sixty-seven countries gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for the first International Treatment Preparedness Summit. The goal was to better establish themselves as a group and to develop strategies that will strengthen the following : - Local and regional efforts to educate communities about treatment and to mobilize them to demand access to necessary drugs
- Local, regional and international efforts to secure the commitment and policy changes needed from governments, multilateral institutions and the private sector to expedite access to treatment for HIV/AIDS.
What Makes ITPC Unique? - ITPC is the only international coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS and their supporters solely devoted to advocacy on HIV/AIDS treatment access. As a community voice, it combines knowledge from grassroots with technical expertise; it has been successful in communicating the treatment concerns of people living with HIV/AIDS to governments, United Nations agencies, large pharmaceutical manufacturers and to both public and private bodies influencing the establishment of HIV/AIDS treatment programs, including scale-up and sustainability
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