COVID-19 Emergency Appeal
Help support people’s rights and access to HIV medication during the crisis.
Help support people’s rights and access to HIV medication during the crisis.
Your support is vital to respond to the urgent needs of people at greater risk of HIV and AIDS due to the global COVID-19 crisis.
Across the Frontline AIDS partnership we are already seeing:
People are no longer able to earn an income, or access essentials such as food, water and health services.
The UN projects that more than 47 million women could lose access to contraception as a result of the pandemic.
LGBT+ people fear being outed, arrested, discriminated against or physically harmed by public service providers. In Uganda, a safe house was raided and residents arrested by the police under the guise of enforcing COVID-19 restrictions.
There are reports that criminalised groups – including sex workers and LGBT+ people – are being denied access or excluded from emergency and humanitarian responses to COVID-19.
People who are locked down with abusive family members or partners are unable to access support. LGBT+ people are among those confined to their homes where they may face violence. Governments are sanctioning the use of laws and restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, to oppress, harass and abuse marginalised groups.
But support from people like you is enabling us to continue to reach those most in need.
It has already helped enable the HOYMAS clinic in Kenya to adapt their services and become mobile, using motorcycles to provide access to HIV services for the local community without the need for people to leave their home.
Our partner LVCT Health in Kenya has arranged for all their service users living with HIV to be given a three-month stockpile of antiretroviral treatment, ensuring adherence if access becomes restricted.
And in Ecuador our partner Kimirina has rapidly expanded their telemedicine service so people can get a doctor’s appointment via Zoom, at no cost to themselves.
Your donation can help us safeguard the rights of people who are already marginalised and ensure continued access to life saving HIV medication.
If you can, please donate now to help us in this time of global crisis.
Donate through our Just Giving page
You can send us a cheque (payable to Frontline AIDS): Fundraising team, Preece House, 91-101 Preece House, Davigdor Road, Hove, BN3 1RE
You can send us a direct bank transfer using the details:
Sort Code: 20-82-94
A/c Num 20342378
SWIFT Code: BARCGB22
IBAN: GB41 BARC 2082 9420 3423 78