HIV and Human Rights
global fund advocacy network (GFAN) - "Our friends at Action Against AIDS conducted three interviews to discuss the connections between human rights and HIV work. The videos, embedded below, highlight the needs of people who are all too often marginalized and emphasize the need to focus on human rights principles. The interviewees share their concerns if we loose focus and start to chip away the gains we have made.
It was Jonathan Mann, who in 1987, as the then head of the WHO AIDS Programme, placed respect for human rights at the heart of global HIV responses: Mann was convinced that without an end to stigma and discrimination, without respect for human rights, the AIDS epidemic could not be overcome. The logical conclusion is that human rights should therefore be placed at the heart of all HIV-related strategies." (Photo: Logo GFAN)