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Alliance2015 & The Fight against HIV&AIDS

AIDS is an impediment to development in many poor countries and drastically reducing the quality of lives. By the end of 2005, there were 40.3 million people with HIV, with 25.8 million living in Africa. About 2.3 million people with HIV are under the age of 15. In 2005, there were 700,000 new infections and 570,000 deaths among children due to lack of prevention, care and treatment. 

Success in combating HIV&AIDS must be measured by its impact on young people. They are highly affected, but they also offer the biggest hope. Each Alliance2015 member has HIV&AIDS programmes that involve young people. In Zimbabwe, for example, CESVI promotes the prevention of mother-to-child transmission. Concern works with local partners on voluntary counselling and testing in Haiti, sports and HIV&AIDS prevention in Somalia and prevention among slum dwellers and people with HIV in India. Deutsche Welthungerhilfe works with local partners on outreach programmes for girls and sex workers in Kenya, and together with Ibis on home-based care nursing and strengthening of neighbourhood support for orphans in South Africa. Hivos supports local organisations in empowering youth and people with HIV in Kenya and college students in Zimbabwe, sex workers in India and young homosexuals in Ecuador and Bolivia. In Namibia, Ibis and Hivos works with local communities in Yelula Province, where support for the youth is central.

Results from some of these programmes and strategies for scaling up were shared at the International AIDS conference inToronto in 2006. Alliance2015 set new targets in its effort to halt the spread of HIV among children and youth in the South. Increased prevention focusing on youth is easier and less costly than combating the impact of HIV&AIDS and changing risky behaviour later.

Alliance2015 HIV/AIDS Targetgroups in 2006

Together, the Alliance2015 partners reach out to whole populations, through a wide range of target groups whereby:

  • Hivos gives special attention to marginalised people (sexual minorities, sexworkers)
  • Ibis gives special attention to children
  • Concern gives special attention to poorest urban and rural women, men and children.
  • DWHH gives special attention to teens and young adults
  • CESVI gives special attention to pregnant women and babies
  • PIN give special attention to widows and families who are socially excluded

 

Alliance2015 HIV/AIDS Expenditures in 2006

Together, Alliance2015 partners support over 150 HIV&AIDS programmes in 48 countries, with a volume of about 20 million Euro. In addition, HIV&AIDS is often a component part of other projects and a mainstreaming issue. As such, the actual number of programmes dealing with HIV&AIDS and the actual amount of expenditures is higher.

 


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Virus Free Generation

Alliance partners Hivos, DWHH, CESVI and People in Need are implementing an EU co-financed HIV&AIDS campaign called Virus Free Generation, a public education and awareness effort in four EU member states. The campaign started in 2006 and will run until the end of 2008. The aims of the campaign are:

  • Raising awareness regarding the development crisis caused by HIV&AIDS, the impact of HIV&AIDS on young people's lives in sub-Saharan Africa and the potential impact of the lives of young people living in Europe;
  • Demonstrating how the virus can be combated through the provision of education, prevention tools and treatment to young people in sub-Saharan Africa;
  • Encouraging young people in Europe to take action to influence policy makers, to help to realise its goal.
  • The focus is on access to treatment, together with prevention and education.

The campaign's target group is youth (15-24 year) in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and the Czech Republic. In addition, the campaign focuses on youth of the same age group in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The four Alliance2015 members cooperate with Hivos leading this consortia project. Concern and Ibis, the Irish and Danish Alliance members will informally be part of the campaign as well.

Virus Free Generation works with a number of (cultural) activities such as creative media competitions, theatre performances and study trips that focus on enhancing North-South peer-to peer contacts and mobilise youth to undertake advocacy activities directed at policy makers in the EU Member States and relevant international organizations.