AIDS treatment delivery is working, however the world still fell quite short from the original World Health Organization “3 by 5” goal to put three million people on AIDS treatment by the end of 2005.

Costing thousands of lives, the global community must respond to universal access to treatment when evidence proves that treatment slows the progression of AIDS and clearly increases quality of life.

CTAC works with other organizations working on access to treatment and international women’s issues where appropriate. This includes the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition [link], MAGnet (Microbicides Advocacy Group Network) [link], Athena (Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights in the Global Response to HIV/AIDS) [link] and the Blueprint Action for Women and AIDS Coalition [link]. CTAC links the Canadian context to international networks, tracks and is kept informed about international trends/policies on access to treatment and continues to support Canada’s role internationally as it relates to treatment access, treatment literacy and women’s issues.