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Delivering in The Hague
In the past few weeks, ONE’s Women ONE2ONE Initiative has run an online campaign collecting signatures of members in order to draw attention to the critical work the Global Fund is doing on women’s health and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV. While the Global Fund is best known for its disease-specific work around HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria, we’ve been learning in The Hague how much of an impact the Global Fund has made on maternal and child health in the last decade. They’ve also outlined the path for the world to eliminate PMTCT by 2015—an incredible, feasible opportunity to ensure that every child born across the world is born HIV-free.
This afternoon, we were able to catch up with the Global Fund’s Executive Director, Professor Michel Kazatchkine, and deliver nearly 20,000 ONE member signatures. In our time with him, we shared how grateful ONE is for the Global Fund’s emphasis on the health of women and children, and demonstrated to both him and the Global Fund’s donors that there is real grassroots support behind full funding for the Global Fund that will allow for an expansion of PMTCT and women-focused efforts. He shared his thanks to ONE’s signatories, and we feel confident that the Global Fund is serious about its commitment to the health of women around the world.
Thanks to all of our members who have shown your support to-date! If you haven’t had the chance to sign yet, or if you’d like to share this important message with your friends and family, please visit http://www.one.org/women/gobeyond.html.
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31/03/2010 at 12:41 pm
Thanks Erin and Josh for handing over the petition. I’m looking forward to the next step of the campaign, which Roxane has already mentioned to me is chasing down the donors and making sure they deliver what they promises.
31/03/2010 at 1:37 pm
There is power in numbers. Thank you Josh and Erin and all you have participated
31/03/2010 at 1:47 pm
Hi,
Reading this post brought me good news, stopping HIV transmission by 2015. But one thing i don’t know: by what methods will you do this: contraception, sexual education, natural family planning?
Thank you and God bless you!
Andrei
31/03/2010 at 2:37 pm
I believe that most of the efforts must be directed towards control and prevention in addition to the currative part otherwise the number of diseased ones will increase daily.
Control and prevention is the most important issue needs the work and efforts of all.
Thanks
31/03/2010 at 2:46 pm
What about educating people to prevent and be responsible of their sex life?
31/03/2010 at 11:12 pm
I think that the first step towards accomplishing anything (end of poverty, over population, HIV, AIDS) is education. Its the most valuable thing a person can receive. I doubt contraception would work well on a large scale because many religions frown upon it. Regardless of the method however, I am extremely eager for the halt of preventable diseases such as HIV.
01/04/2010 at 7:43 pm
I agree Bonnie, but what will ONE do?
22/04/2010 at 3:01 am
It’s not always as simple as teaching people about having safe sex, as we are all aware the act is not always consenting both ways. But this campaign does need soldier on. The expression “Life is not fair” is understated in many instances such as the one this campaign is putting out their. Many children have a hard enough time as it is, they don’t need to be disadvantaged, if you will, from the get go. Bless.