ANNUAL REVIEW 2011 – 2012

THE END OF AIDS?

CAMPAIGNINGLOBBYINGPOLICY

Our membership

Timeline 2011-12

Foreword and letter fromour Director and Chair

Producing policy papersto understand and engagewith the UK Government:

Girls and Women:Mainstreaming HIV andAIDS into DFID’s strategicvision; Fighting TB/HIVCo-infection; Past Due:Remuneration and socialProtection for caregiversin the context of HIVand AIDS

BUILDINGEVIDENCE FORGOOD PRACTICE

GUIDING POLICY

Our Stocktake Report

Investing in Communitiesto Achieve Results

David Cairns: a tribute

Highlights fromthe Working Groups

Care and Support Indicators

Value for Money inthe AIDS response

Faith healing

Providing online resources:HIV Code of Good Practiceand the AIDSPortal

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LOBBYING

Why join?

CAMPAIGNING

Highlighting an historicopportunity: The Endof AIDS film

Real story: Mohammed Barry

Fighting for Accessto Medicines

World AIDS Day1.12.2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Financial report andWord from our Treasurer

PROMOTING AN EFFECTIVE GLOBAL RESPONSE TO HIV AND AIDS

Supporting the InternationalResponse: The Global Fundin crisis

Engaging with global leaders:the High Level Meetingon AIDS (HLM)

Holding the UK Governmentto account: our responseto DFID’s Position Paperon HIV and AIDS

The All Party ParliamentaryGroup on HIV and AIDS(APPG)

Annie Lennox meets AndrewMitchell on World AIDS Day

FOREWORD AND LETTER FROM OUR CHAIR AND DIRECTOR

The global response

to HIV and AIDS is

at a crossroads and

as a result, the Con-

sortium and its Stop

AIDS Campaign has

never been busier or

more necessary.

In 2011, for the first time in history, we

started using the phrase “the beginning of

the end of AIDS” in our advocacy and

campaign work. This phrase, 30 years in

the making, is above all a reward for the

activism and intelligence of people living

with HIV and their allies. It renews our

hope that the promises made in our name

by our Government and by the organis-

ations we work for, will be fulfilled.

And yet, rather than galvanise us, there is a

risk that the opposite will happen: that UK

Government and UK civil society will react

with complacency in the mistaken belief

that the challenges of HIV and AIDS are

behind us. At this very moment of

opportunity, the global response to HIV

and AIDS has become uniquely vulnerable,

and so too has the Consortium. Our funding

from DFID is coming to an end, and

our membership income is in danger

of collapsing.

Ironically, we have

never been busier, or

our Working Groups

better attended. This

Annual Review gives

insight in to this, and

you must be the judge

of whether our work is

still of value. For our

part, we resolve to continue to work

tirelessly, and we look to do this in

partnership with you, drawing on the full

force of our growing membership of 80

UK-based organisations.

People often express surprise when they

learn that the staff team is just four people

– and I hope you feel this as well. It is of

course, a reflection of how much you and

the wider membership contribute, a

reminder of how much can be achieved

when we dedicate ourselves to working

together to maximise the benefit for people

living with HIV in the developing world.

Thank you for all you have done in 2011-12.

We very much look forward to working with

you in 2012-13.

Mike Podmore, Chair

Ben Simms, Director

The end of AIDS is not free.Nor is it too expensive,its priceless.Michael Sibidé Executive Directorof UNAIDS, July 2012

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We see the beginning of theend of the AIDS pandemic.Prime Minister David Cameron,March 2012

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The Consortium is a network of over 80

not-for-profit, faith-based and academic agencies.

Based in the UK, with strong links to governments,

international and multilateral agencies, the

Consortium has been working at the heart

of the response to HIV and AIDS since 1986.

Our vision is to promote an effective global respo-

nse to HIV and AIDS. Our mission is to encourage,

initiate and support collective action by

UK civil society.

We work with urgency to maintain UK leadership

in the response to HIV and AIDS. With 7 million

people still living without access to treatment,

and funding declining our message has never

been more urgent or necessary.

The Consortium achieves its impact through

its membership, which works directly with more

than 130 million people worldwide, and by

engaging decision-makers across the

governmental, non-governmental and

private sectors.

Who is the Consortium? What does it do?

WORKING TOGETHER AS A NETWORK

Our membership with theConsortium is helping usto raise the profile of HarmReduction with the widerinternational HIV/AIDSsector. The Consortiumalways strives to ensureit is meeting the needsof its members byproviding opportunitiesto meet with donors,building relationshipswith new partners andadvocating for the concernsof the membership.We are looking forwardto continuing ourwork together.

Maria Phelan,Harm ReductionInternational

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TIMELINE 2011-12

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The Consortium leads UKcivil society engagement atthe United Nations GeneralAssembly Twenty-sixthSpecial Session (UNGASS)

Evidence

Policy

Lobbying

Campaigning

JJUUNNEE

Launch of Consortium Stocktake Report

DFID publish Position Paper on HIV/AIDS

Quarterly meeting focuses on HarmReduction

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Value for money meeting with DFIDand the World Bank at Birkbeck College

The UK Consortium becomes host ofthe HIV Code of Good Practice forNGOs responding to HIV and AIDS

Comic Relief present to members as part of our Donor Dialogue series

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Launch of TB/HIV Working Group

Stop AIDS Campaign hits World of Music Arts and Dance

SSEEPPTTEEMMBBEERRGareth Thomas MP speaks at our AGM

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A United Voice papercompleted

Student Stop AIDSSpeakers’ Tour

Faith Working GroupLambeth PalaceConference and KeepingFaith publication

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Faith Working Group focuses on faith healing

David Cairns Foundation appeal for SMUG hits £10K

DDEECCEEMMBBEERR

World AIDS Day focuses on the End of AIDS messaging

International Conference onAIDS and STIs in Africa takesplace in Ethiopia/Addis Ababa

Stop AIDS Campaign website launched

Johnson & Johnson targeted

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Launch of the new Consortium website

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Investing in Communitiesto Achieve Results seminarwith World Bank and DFID

EU-India Free Trade Agreementprotest

Quarterly meeting on HIV and AIDS in prison.

Novartis demonstration

MMAARRCCHH

Stop AIDS Campaign day of action focuses on GlaxoSmithKline

Launch of 3 Policy briefsGirls and Women:Mainstreaming HIV andAIDS into DFID’s strategicvision, Fighting TB/HIVCo-infection, and PastDue: Remuneration and social protection for caregivers in thecontext of HIV and AIDS

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Death of David Cairns MP Chairof the APPG on HIV and AIDS

Understanding Communities’Contribution Paper release

The World Bank

Why join?Our members share a desire to increase

knowledge and understanding of HIV and AIDS

and to add their weight to the collective effort to

bring about an end to the epidemic. By uniting

with others, Consortium members are able to

access decision-makers, Government and

multilateral agencies. They are also able to

support a strong UK advocacy voice for Universal

Access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and

support. The Consortium offers great scope for

professional development.

Membership is open to all UK-based civil society organ i s ati ons that are concernedabout issues of HIV/AIDS and international develop ment. If you wish to become a member, contact the Consortium Secretariat at angela@aidsconsortium.org.uk

Our membership benefits thelives of over 130 million peopleworldwide, and is anoutstanding source of exper tiseon heal th and inte rn a t ionaldevelopment. In partnershipwith memb ers and externalagencies, and through hostingonline platforms that providereso u rces for best practice; the UK Consortium is at theforefront of developing evid -ence-based responses appro a -ch ed across its membership.

In Focus

In 2011-2012 the Consor tiumfacilitated dozens of regularmeetings with the WorkingGroups, became the host of theHIV Code of Good Practice, andmaintained the AIDSPortal. Weproduced a Stocktake Rep ort,partnered with the World Bankon the commu nity res ponse toHIV, with the Care and SupportWorking Groups on the devel op - ment of indi cators, and pur - sued our work on Value forMoney.

Early 2011 was a time

of sadness at the

Consortium. David

Kato of Sexual

Minorities Uganda

(SMUG) was brutally murdered in March and

in May, David Cairns MP, chair of the APPG

on HIV and AIDS, died of acute pancreatitis.

David’s partner, Dermot Kehoe, worked

tirelessly to establish the David Cairns

Foundation and adopted SMUG as one of its

first benefici aries. More than 150 people

attended the Foundation Thanksgiving

dinner. The Speak er of the House, John

Bercow, intro duced our End of AIDS

campaign video, talking moving ly about the

work of SMUG and David Cairns’ support for

LGBT rights. £10,000 was passed by the

Foundation to enable SMUG to estab lish the

first-ever medical facility for the LBGT

community in Kampala.

David Cairns:a tribute

At the beginning of the year the Consortium

published a Stocktake report to inform UK

engagement at the UN High Level Meeting

on AIDS in June 2011. Featuring the work

of many Consortium member agencies,

the report is both a celebration of what has

been achieved by our members, and

a reminder of why it is so important that we

maintain our focus and follow-through on

the commitments we have made. Published

to coincide with the 30th anniversary of

the identification of the HIV virus and with

the 25th anniversary of the Consortium,

the publication articulates the strengths

and comparative advantage of the UK Civil

Society response to HIV since 2001 and

provided a basis on which to organise our

advocacy messages at the HLM.

Our Stocktake Report

BUILDING EVIDENCE FOR GOOD PRACTICE

More than seventy people gathered in London

on February 15th/16th to study the findings

of a ground-breaking evaluation into the

impact communities have on the HIV and

AIDS response. Spearheaded by the World

Bank in partnership with DFID and the UK

Consortium, the evaluation, took place over

three years and included 11 studies from eight

countries. Its aim was to test the hypothesis

that a strong community response contributes

to a stronger national AIDS response

and improved AIDS-related outcomes.

The initial findings can be found in the

Interim Report, released in July 2011. The

Consortium is now working with delegates to

ensure the findings are utilised effectively,

by donors, multilateral agencies and civil

society itself. We are especially keen to draw

the links between the research and the

UNAIDS Strategic Investment Framework.

Investing in communities videos:

http://bit.ly/Un9npG

Investing in Communities to Achieve Results

I found the Evaluation of the Comm u -

n ity Response to HIV and AIDS that

the UK Consortium undertook extre -

mely useful. The section on reso urce

flows in particular, was directly rele v -

ant to my work with the Inter Age n cy

Task Team on Children Affec ted by

AIDS that was looking at mecha n isms

for improving the flow of reso u rces

to community based organisat ions

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Stuart Keane, World Vision International

David was an outstanding advocate

for people living with HIV, and

someone we got to know well through

his work as Chair of the APPG on

AIDS. He inspired support from all

corners of parliament. The AIDS

community has lost one of its most

talented parliamentary leaders

exactly at a moment when such

energy and leadership is needed

most. We will miss him deeply.

Ben Simms, Director,

UK Consortium on AIDS and

International Development

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Value for Money (VfM) in the AIDS response

The deepening global economic recession

has made the need to reflect on the value

for money of HIV/AIDS programming of UK

NGOs an even greater imperative.

The Consortium in partnership with the

International HIV/AIDS Alliance, initiated

several meetings on VfM. In July 2011, a

meeting focused on the structuring of VfM

discussions around the UNAIDS Strategic

Investment Framewo rk, with the emphasis

on community mobili s ation as a critical

enabler. Experts on methodologies, donors

and programme managers debated and

assessed costing, and measurement

challenges. The Consortium together with

the UK Mission to the UN hosted a VfM side

event meeting at the June 2011 High Level

meeting in New York where the

Consortium’s Director spoke alongside

Minister Stephen O’Brien. In November, the

“Making NGO development HIV/AIDS data

more accessible” meeting aimed at

encouraging NGOs to become more

transparent and making their data available

to both donors and beneficiaries.

BUILDING EVIDENCE FOR GOOD PRACTICE

Throughout the year, our Working Groups addressed core thematic areas: Care and Support Indicators

The Care and Support Indicators project is

part of the long-standing involvement of

the Care & Support Working Group (C&S

WG) in the development of quality indi -

cators on care and support. The project is

funded by DFID and The Diana, Princess of

Wales Memorial Fund. The set of indic ators

should cover all components of com p rehen -

sive care and support, caregivers, OVC and

palliative care and be used at national,

regionally and global level. The project is in

two phases – the first (comp leted in March

2012) uses a blanket appr oach to assess

current indicators – the sec ond uses other

relevant indicators for pilot ing.

FAITH WORKING GROUPPUBLICATION OF KEEPING FAITH REPORT

THE INFLUENCE OF FAITH HEALERS WORK WITH AHPN AND THE LONDON MAYOR’S OFFICE

TB/HIV WORKING GROUPSAVE AMILLIONLIVESEVENTGENDER WORKING GROUP

LOBBYING THE UK GOVERNMENT TOINCLUDE HIV IN THEIR CURRENT FOCUS

ON GIRLS AND WOMEN

THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL FUNDCRISIS ON WOMEN AND FAMILIES

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The report –

Keeping Faith withHIV was launched at

a conference at

Lambeth palace

on October the 10th

attended by HIV

experts from both

faith-based and secular organisations,

including: Progressio, CAFOD, Christian Aid,

INERELA+, International HIV Fund, Islamic

Relief, Tearfund, DFID and the World Bank.

Keeping Faith is a confident assertion of the

contribution made by faith-based

organisations (FBOs) to the challenges of

combating stigma and increasing access to

HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

http://bit.ly/OSLxQB

Faith healing

This Coalition Government is taking a

tougher, more hard-headed approa ch

on getting value for money in aid.

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Andrew MitchellUK Secretary of State for International Development

The HIV Code of Good Practice

In July we were proud to become the host

of the HIV Code of Good Practice for NGOs

responding to HIV/AIDS. Developed by NGOs

for NGOs and with 478 signatories, the code

helps guide NGO work by providing

a framework to which they can commit and

be held accountable. Drawing on 20 years

of knowledge and experience, the Code sets

out key principles, practice and evidence base

required for successful responses to HIV.

This Code can be used to inspire organisat -

ional change; provide a framework for collab -

orative partnerships; and inform the devel -

opment, implementation and evaluation

of evidence-informed programmes

and advocacy.

http://www.hivcode.org/

The AIDSPortal

The AIDS Portal is a global initiative

that aims to facilitate greater knowledge

sharing and networking among organisations

involved in the response to HIV and AIDS.

The portal strives to promote a more efficient

and effective global response to HIV

and AIDS. With content available in more

than 50 languages, averaging 20,000 unique

visits each month, and a database

of Consortium member activities tool,

the AIDSPortal website is flourishing under

the moderation of Richard Walker and

with technical support from Kwantu.

http://www.aidsportal.org/

DFID greatly values the contribution

the UK Consortium has made

in leading strategic civil society

engag ement to advance important

issues, including strengthening the

evidence base on the community

response, sharpening the focus

on value for money, and integrating

HIV and SRH. The ability of

the Consortium to harness the

expertise, energy and voices of

a range of partners greatly enriches

the global response to HIV.

Anna Seymour, DFID

BUILDING EVIDENCE FOR GOOD PRACTICE

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“Providing online resources:

Consortium members play a leading role in formulatingpolicy. Our publications reflectpositions developed through our network of WorkingGroups, and serve as a sprin -gboard for engaging decision- makers in the UK and globa lly.We are a partner to mem b ersand other agencies in thedissemination of policy findingsand evidence-based research.

In Focus

In the past year, we broke newground in deve loping collectivedecisions to use policy tounderstand and engage with the UK Govern ment’s strategicvision and current priorities.We produced three policypapers focusing on integ ratingHIV within broader health and human rights responses. We have since been workingwith DFID’s staff to look at how these papers inform thedelivery and monit or ing of their commitments.

GUIDING INTERNATIONAL POLICY

Past Due:Remuneration and social Protection for caregivers in the context of HIV and AIDS

In sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 90%

of care for people living with HIV and AIDS

is done in the home by family or community-

based caregivers. The policy paper considers

who caregivers are and the impact that their

work has at a personal, community and global

level. The briefing suggests models of remun -

eration that donors, national governments

and NGOs can use to compensate caregivers.

Girls and Women:Mainstreaming HIVand AIDS into DFID’sstrategic vision

This paper demonstrates

programmatic approaches

which DFID’s gender team could include

in the implementation of their Strategic

Vision programme of work to ensure

an effective HIV and AIDS response is

mainstreamed into their objectives. These

priorities areas are: delay the first pregnancy

and support safe childbirth; get economic

assets direct to girls and women; get girls

through secondary school and prevent

violence against women and girls.

Fighting TB/HIV Co-infection

In 2010, TB caused

an estimated 350,000

deaths among people

living with HIV, yet funding

commitments for TB and HIV are not being

met. Published to coincide with World TB

Day, the policy paper highlights the rationale

for TB/HIV integration, and illustrates how

DFID is supporting such integration at policy

and country programming level. It also

makes recommendations on how DFID could

further enhance this role and thus deliver

results across DFID’s strategic priorities.

Producing policy papers to understand and engage with the UK Government

Bringing TB/HIV Policy papersto life: Michael Gwaba

Michael Gwaba from Zambia is 43 years

old and lost both his fiancée and son

to AIDS-related illnesses within 6 months

of each other, one of which was TB in 1999.

In 2000 he tested HIV+ and was put

on antiretroviral treatment but relied

on family until he found free treatment

from a government hospital in 2005.

Now in good health, Michael is a member

of the communities delegation of the

Global Fund board and ambassador

of their Here I am Campaign, and travels

around the world advocating governments

to replenish the fund. Michael accom -

panied members of the TB-HIV Working

Group to a meeting with DFID where he

used his own experience to highlight the

findings of the TB/HIV Co-infection

policy paper.

POLICY BRIEFING

FIGHTING TB/HIV CO-INFECTION: REALISINGCOMMITMENTS THROUGH INTEGRATED PROGRAMMING

This policy paper is directly targeted at the UK Depart-

ment for International Development (DFID) country

programme managers and policy officials. In recent

years, DFID has made great steps towards the goal of

universal access and has played a pivotal role in driving

forward the response to HIV, including TB/HIV integra-

tion. The aim of this document is to highlight the

rationale for TB/HIV integration, illustrate how DFID is

supporting such integration at policy and country pro-

gramming level and to make recommendations for how

DFID could further enhance this role – illustrating how

this will ultimately deliver results across DFID’s strategic

priorities by:

• Strengthening health systems

• Reaching the poorest and most vulnerable

• Delivering value for money

• Saving the lives of women and girls

• Reinforcing DFID as a leader in international

development and research agendas

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CONTENTS

Rationale for TB/HIVintegration

Executive summary

Introduction

Challenges toTB/HIV integration

International commitmenttowards integration

DFID commitment towardsTB/HIV integration

Summary andrecommendations to DFID

DFID progressmeasurements

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POLICY BRIEFING

PAST DUE: REMUNERATION AND SOCIAL PROTECTIONFOR CAREGIVERS IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV AND AIDS

March 2012

CONTENTS

Who are the caregivers?

Executive summary

The impact of the workof caregivers

The economic and socialcosts of unpaid caregiving

The personal, socialand political value ofperforming a caring role

Models of compensationfor caregivers

Value for money

Recommendations

The changing profileof community caregiversin the HIV response

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In sub-Saharan Africa, an estimated 90%of care for people living with HIV and AIDSis done in the home by family orcommunity-based caregivers.1

2011 brought groundbreaking advances in HIVprevention and treatment,2 which, if fully implemented,hold the hope that we can reach the goal of an AIDS-freegeneration. Community mobilisation and servicedelivery have been identified by the UNAIDS InvestmentFramework and its Treatment 2.0 agenda as centralstrategies in realising this goal. Family and communitycaregivers have been at the heart of the communityresponse to HIV since the beginning of the epidemic.Evidence has shown that the services they provide haveplayed a significant role in helping to scale upantiretroviral (ARV) treatment and tuberculosis (TB)therapy, as well as linking patients to care and testing.3

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Michael Gwamba

The policy paper developed by theCare and Support Working Groupthis year consolidated our positionon the issue, enabling us to engagepolicy and decision-makers on a global stage with our message that care workers should not beexploited for the vital work that theydo. It is a fabulous example of howmembers can use the Consortium to increase their impact.

Claire Morris, Help the Hospices,Co-chair of the Care and SupportWorking Group

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We recognise that we areentering a crucial stage in theAIDS response. Innovations in science, evidence-basedprogramming and financialinvestment have all reapedbenefits. More than 6 millionpeople are now receivingtreatment yet some nine millionpeople still don’t have access to it. With internationalattention shifting away fromHIV and funding decreasing, the role of the Consortium in keeping HIV on the political agenda has never been more important.

In Focus

The Consortium thereforeworks tirelessly to engagedecision-makers and securesustained UK leadership in the response to HIV and AIDSglobally looking in particular at human rights and gender,HIV and broader health, the role of communities and access to medicines.

LOBBYING TO KEEP AIDS ON THE POLITICAL AGENDA

The UK Consortium on AIDS andInternational Development plays a unique and critical role in bringing together a diverse range of organisations to ensure that HIVdoes not become yesterday’s storyand remains on the agenda of policymakers. As Chair of the All PartyParliamentary Group on HIV andAIDS, I have greatly appreciated the expertise of the Consortium andits working groups in highlightingthe key issues affecting people livingwith HIV across the world.

The Consortium and its members played a

prominent role at the HLM, which brought

together 3,000 delegates and including

30 Heads of State, Government and

Vice Presidents at the UN. The Consortium

formulated member-wide messages; supp -

orting member attendance; taking a seat as

part of the official UK delegation; co-hosting

a side-event with Minister Stephen O’Brien

on Value for Money; and complet ing our

Stocktake report examining the contribution

of UK civil society over the past ten years.

Consortium members had much to celebrate

when world leaders, including the UK

Government, recommitted to getting 15

million people on treatment by 2015.

Engaging with global leaders:the 2011 High Level Meetingon AIDS (HLM)

Membership contributions are used to part-

fund the APPG on HIV and AIDS, a back -

bench cross-party group of MPs and Peers in

the UK Par liament at Westminster. We have

held 9 public meetings with the APPG on

topics inclu ding the Global Fund, HIV/TB

coinfection, the PMCT and the challenges of

building a new nation in South Sudan. APPG

members have been highly active in defend -

ing the righ ts of key populations, in partic -

ular speak ing out against the abuses of

sexual minorities in Uganda.

Holding the UK Governmentaccountable:

In May, the Consortium engaged DFID

on the drafting of Towards zero infections:

The UK’s position paper on HIV in the

developing world, surveying members

to establish clear messages and providing

a platform for discussions with the DFID

AIDS & Reproductive Health Team.

The paper, which outlines the impact DFID

aims to achieve through its bi-lateral and

multi-lateral funding, is the main tool for

the Consortium in monitoring DFID’s role

as the world’s second largest donor on

HIV and AIDS.

Paper available at: http://bit.ly/Nfgpvi

Holding the UK Governmentto account: our response to DFID’s Position Paper on HIV and AIDS

Annie Lennox meets AndrewMitchell on World AIDS Day

Memory Sachikonye (i-Base), Chris Bain

(CAFOD) and Annie Lennox met with

Andrew Mitchell on behalf of the Stop AIDS

Campaign and Act V, calling on the UK

to lead the effort to bring an end to AIDS.

They presented a letter endorsed by over 30

organisations, as well as individuals such as

Desmond Tutu and Elton John.

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© Lindsay Mgbhor, DFID

Pamela Nash, Chair of the APPG

Through our Stop AIDSCampaign, the Consortiumharnesses the leadership of people living with HIV,our members, trade unionsand students across the UK,to raise awareness about theglobal epidemic and camp a -ign for urgently scaled-upinternational action.

In focus

This year again we havecon s istent ly battled to keepHIV at the heart of the UK’sinternational devel op mentagenda. We com m issionedthe End of AIDS video, part -i c ip ated at key internat ionalevents and championed therole of the Global Fund.

www.stopaidscampaign.org

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and

Malaria fell into crisis, when a lack of donors’

cash forced it, for the first time in its ten year

history, to cancel a new round of funding

(Round 11). Unable to scale up AIDS, TB or

malaria services until 2014 and currently

undergoing major reforms, the impact of the

crisis on lives could potentially be count ed in

the milli ons. The UK govern ment is one of

the few donors to have paid up what they

committed to deliver. How ever, despite the

‘very good value for money’ rating the

institution recei v ed in the Multilateral Aid

Review (MAR), a decis ion on a signifi cant

increase in the UK contribution is yet to be

announced. We maintained regular meetings

with Simon Bland, the Chair of the Fund,

organ ised a mass lobby of parliament arians

via the Student Stop AIDS Campaign and

submitted written evidence to the Inter -

national Development Select Committee.

Through campaign ing, links with

parliamentarians, and by working closely

with other groups includ ing ONE and

Malaria No More, the Consort ium is putting

pressure on the UK govern ment to increase

its contribution to the fund with urgency.

CAMPAIGNING

Our Stop AIDS Campaign Coordinator

travelled with Trunk Films to South Africa,

thanks to the support of the Open Society

Foundation, to make a campaign film high -

lighting the historic opportunity to end AIDS

within a generation. The powerful film gives

voice to people involved in the trial which

builds on the new evidence of treatment as

prevention. Those set to directly benefit from

the results tell the story.

http://stopaidscampaign.org/campaign/end

-to-aids/

Highlighting an historicopportunity: The End of AIDS film

Coordinating with USA colleagues we

pushed to replicate the Obama administ -

ration’s commitment to the new approach

with the UK government. A positive meet -

ing with DFID Secretary of State, Andrew

Mitchell resulted in a strong World AIDS

Day message from Deputy PM Nick Clegg

setting his sights on a world without AIDS.

When Prime Minister David Cameron

travelled to the USA to meet with Presid -

ent Obama in March 2012 they noted that

with “a renewed commitment to the life -

saving work of the Global Fund for AIDS,

TB and Malaria, we see the beginning

of the end of the AIDS pandemic.”

World AIDS Day 1.12.2011

World AIDS Day 2011

Supporting the InternationalResponse: The Global Fund in crisis

CAMPAIGNING

Real Story: Mohammed Barry, 20, Gambia

Mohammed was infected with HIV at the

age of seven, after he cut his head playing

football and was given infected blood by

doctors. Today, he portrays the young face

of the AIDS epidemic in Africa, advocating

openly for both access to treatment and the

protection and promotion of the rights and

welfare of People Living with HIV in Africa.

He is also a Co-founder of the Gambian

Treatment Action Group and serves on other

international treatment boards.

At the annual students’ speakers’ tour

Mohammed explained how his experiences

have empow er ed him to lobby and advocate

for social justice. He also spoke about

the inequalities in access to treatment

and urged pharma ceutical companies

to join the Medicines Patent Pool.Our campaigning efforts to deliver equitable

access to affordable medicines continued

to be fought on many fronts. With coordin -

ated efforts from international allies, MSF

and Sir Elton John, our network of student

activists supplemented incredible efforts.

Work on the Medicines Patent Pool continued

with the progress made when Gilead signed

the first licencing deal balanced by Johnson &

Johnson’s refusal to join negotiations. The

EU-India Free Trade Agree ment (FTA)

continues to loom on the horizon, with

European Commission negot iators contin -

uing to press for terms which would unde -

r mine India’s ability to produce generic

versions of life-saving HIV drugs. These

battles and others continue and the campaign

looks ahead into 2012 with a determination to

ensure the UK and the world do not allow the

chance to begin the end of the epidemic slip

away.

Fighting for Access to Medicines

Protest against EU-India Free Trade Agreement

Novartis demonstration

As a member I have greatlyappreciated the leadership that the Consortium has broughtparticularly on the issue of access to medicines. This has embraceddiscussing policy issues (e.g. withDFID) and implem enting some veryinnovative camp ai g ns directed at pharmac eutical companies to encourage them to enter intonegotiations with the MedicinesPatent Pool. In direct follow-updiscussions that I have had personallywith representatives from pharmac -eutical companies they have express -ed how impactful these campaignshave been – more so than from any other country.

David Deakin, Tearfund

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Protest outside Johnson & Johnson

EU India Free Trade Agreement (press coverage)

Patent pool Day of action March 2011

FINANCIAL REPORT AND WORD FROM OUR TREASURER

We would like to express ourthanks to the following for the confidence they showedin supporting our work in 2011-12:

The Department for Inter -national Development (DFID),The Monument Trust, The Open Society Institute,The Diana, Princess of WalesMe morial Fund, EC grant,GNP+.

The Trustees are pleased with the financial

performance of the Consortium this year.

The ability of Consortium staff to fully

spend the restricted grants that have been

received meant that reliance on unrestric -

ted sources of income to fund activities has

been reduced and enabled general reserves

to be increased this year. Indeed, the def ic -

it of £19k reflects the fact that restricted

in come received in previous years was

fully expended this year. The significant

fall in both income and expenditure this

year is due to the end of the successful

AIDSPortal project in the early part of

the year.

The Trustees are pleased that the contin -

ued hard work of all of the staff was

succ ess ful in building new and diversified

forms of funding from a variety of sources.

Income from memberships was in line

with budget, significant funds were

brought in from consultancy and new

grant relationships continued to be devel -

oped. With the ending of the DFID core

funding during the year, it is impor tant

that these sources of income are main -

tained and strengthened. The Trustees are

also pleased that expenditure on staff and

office costs was in line with the budget.

Looking ahead, whilst the positive finan -

cial performance in 2011-12 has allowed

invest ment to be made in the new financial

year, we are still operating in a very chall -

en ging environment and as such it is

crucial that fundraising efforts continue to

be a priority for all at the Consortium.

Phil Robinson, Treasurer

This summarised statement of income and expenditure for April 2011 – March 2012 is extracted from the fullannual accounts for thisperiod, and does not containsufficient informa tion fora full under standing of the financial affairs of The Consortium. The full version, and an Inde pen- dent Examination report can be obtained from The Consortium.

Turnover for this period was£472,147.

This includes funds fromgrant making trusts andnational government.Monies from Member shipfees accounted or 22% of total income, showing a small increase from the previous year.

Total expenditure for thisperiod was £472,147.

APPGA

CARE & SUPPORT

UNHLM

STOP AIDS CAMPAIGN

AIDS PORTAL

USING THE LESSONS FROM HIV RESPONSE

EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE

GOVERNANCE

MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT & ADVOCACY

TOTAL SPEND

ACTIVITY TOTALSPEND (£)

32,665

80,812

16,675

112,215

82,715

51,880

21,578

1,800,

400, 340

71,807

472,147

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MEMBERS AND OBSERVERS

22%

DONATION

S 3%

GRAN

TS AND

CONTRA

CTS 75%

EXPENDITURE

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PEOPLE

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Ben Simms, Director

Diarmaid McDonald, Stop AIDS Campaign Coordinator

Samantha Wilkinson, Office Manager (until Novermber 2011)

Sophia SahliOffice Manager (from Novermber 2011)

Richard Walker,Communications Manager (until August 2011)

Joanna Allan, Working Group Coordinator (September – December 2011)

Deborah Laycock, Working Group Coordinator (from January 2011)

Heather Alcock, Policy Adviser All Party ParliamentaryGroup on HIV and AIDS

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Rebecca McDowall

Eleanor Jeffreys

Jessica Hopf

Jessica Drury

Philippa West

Marie-Ophélie Sarrade

TTRRUUSSTTEEEESS

Rhon ReynoldsIAVIResigned February 2012

Dieneke ter Huurne (Chair)IPPFUntil September 2011

Dermott McDonald (Treasurer)Mildmay InternationalUntil September 2011

Catherine MugeUNICEFEUntil September 2011

Eunice SinemeyuAHPNResigned December 2011

TTRRUUSSTTEEEESS

Mike Podmore (Chair)HIV/AIDS AllianceElected 2010

Nikki Jeffrey (Vice-Chair)Target TBElected 2010

Nina O’FarrellChristian AidElected 2010

TTRRUUSSTTEEEESS

Ian GovinderAIDS OrphanElected September 2011

Jessie WaldmanRestless DevelopmentElected September 2011

Robin Gornamothers2mothersElected September 2011

Silvia PetrettiPositively UKCo-opted September 2011

Phil Robinson (Treasurer)Co-opted September 2011

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We would like to thank Marie-Ophélie Sarrade for heroutstanding contribution to ourwork during her six-monthsinternship and for projectmanaging the production andwriting of this Annual Review.

We would also like to express our thanks to Nick Keeble, whoundertook a six months consul -tancy with the Consortium duringthis year.

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