Organizational Endorsements

We represent an estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV in Uganda—and we vote. Each one of us has family, community, religious and support networks extending across the country. These networks include millions of additional voters. The 2011 Election Campaign to Stop AIDS Through Treatment and Prevention is a coalition of networks of people living with HIV, civil society organisations, religious leaders, and health workers from around the country calling on all candidates for Presidential and Parliamentary elections, and all political parties, to commit to achieving national HIV treatment and prevention goals that will ensure Uganda’s AIDS response is not merely good, but great.

Since the early days of the AIDS pandemic, Uganda was known around the world for its effective response, led by His Excellency President Yoweri Museveni, which contributed to remarkable national HIV prevalence reductions from 18% to 6.4%. Uganda has been a laboratory for generating crucial scientific data and best practices, exported to other countries in the region and around the world. For example, research that showed how to prevent transmission of HIV during pregnancy was completed by the late Prof. Miro and other esteemed Ugandan experts.

An effective AIDS response should be at the foundation of any candidate or political party’s campaign. We are calling on all candidates and political parties standing in the 2011 election to support the ten essential goals contained in our platform. 

To find out more about our campaign, and to join us, e mail info@uganda2011electionstopaids.org

The 2011 Election Campaign to Stop AIDS Through Treatment and Prevention has been endorsed by the following organizations: