Who we are
Everyone has the right to live free from AIDS. And yet, every day, millions are denied access to the HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care they need to continue living healthy, fulfilling lives.
We’ve been on the frontline of the world’s response to HIV and AIDS for 25 years, working with marginalised people who are denied HIV prevention and treatment simply because of who they are and where they live.
Set up in 1993 to work with community groups in the countries most affected by the global AIDS epidemic, we’ve continually adapted our approach, looking for innovative ways to break down the barriers that marginalise people living with, or at risk of acquiring, HIV. All with one goal in mind – a future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere.
Everything we do is rooted in our two key beliefs:
- That the lives of all human beings are of equal value.
- That everyone has the right to access the HIV information and services they need for a healthy life.
Today, we work with communities in more than 40 countries, taking local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights.
Together, we’ve made a lot of progress, but HIV is spiking again among the people with the least power. In 2017, there were 1.8 million new HIV infections and almost one million people died of AIDS-related illness.
The epidemic hasn’t gone away. It’s evolving.
So, we must keep evolving too. Working with our partners on the frontline to ignite innovations that help break down the social, political and legal barriers that stand in the way of a future free from AIDS.
As a global partnership that is open to everyone, we can only do what we do – and achieve what we want to achieve – by working with partners from grassroots community groups to national governments. Our partners drive change where it matters, shaking up the status quo and making a noise on issues the world often chooses to ignore.
We know we can make the difference. We know that together we are greater than AIDS.
Join us. End it.
THE BIG PICTURE
Our work is making a difference to people living with HIV around in the world. Here’s a snapshot of our impact in 2017:
- 1.6 million people helped access HIV treatment, care and support.
- 900,000 people from marginalised communities reached with prevention services.
- 36 countries where we held governments to account on universal access to HIV services and human rights.
- Two million people reached with integrated HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights services.
- 600,000 people reached through programmes addressing discrimination.
- 85% of community-based organisations who received a grant from us and achieved planned programme and financial targets.
WHERE WE WORK
We’re on the frontline in Asia and Eastern Europe, supporting the marginalised groups most at risk of HIV infection.
We’re on the frontline in eastern and southern Africa, helping some of the world’s most marginalised communities access HIV and sexual reproduction and health rights services.
We’re on the frontline in Latin American and the Caribbean, where marginalised groups face the greatest risk of HIV infection.
We’re on the frontline of AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa, helping men who have sex with men access vital HIV services and studying links between HIV and violence against women.
We’re on the frontline in West and Central Africa, responding to the complex challenges that face those living with, and at risk from, HIV.
WHAT WE DO
We’re on the frontline of HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment around world, working alongside our partners to reach the people most affected by, or at risk from, HIV. We also help communities to amplify their voice in local, national and international policy discussions and to stand up for their human rights.
FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
We have made remarkable progress addressing HIV over the past three decades. Now, more than ever, we must be on the frontline, ensuring that we secure a future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere.Christine Stegling, Executive Director, Frontline AIDS
Christine Stegling has spent more than 20 years working in international development, human rights and HIV. She first joined us in 2009 and became our executive director in January 2016.
MEET OUR TRUSTEES
Our board of trustees is made up of some of the leading figures in the global response to the HIV epidemic, as well as experts in human rights, family planning, international development, finance and communications.
WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT SUPPORT FROM…
- Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
- Elton John AIDS Foundation
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
- The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Department for International Development (DFID)
- Comic Relief
- Viiv Healthcare
- Spider Center
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