Reclaiming Our Lives !
GNP+ is the global network for and by people living with HIV. GNP+ advocates to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV. As a network of networks, GNP+ is driven by the needs of people living with HIV worldwide. Based on emancipation and self-determination, GNP+ works with independent and autonomous regional and national networks of people living with HIV in all continents.
Under the central theme Reclaiming Our Lives!, GNP+ implements an evidence-informed advocacy programme focused on:
- Empowerment (Click here for more);
- Human Rights (Click here for more);
- Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (Click here for more); and
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of people living with HIV (Click here for more).
WHO releases new and improved ART Guidelines
Wednesday, 16 December 2009 12:01
Key recommendations of people living with HIV have been included in the new WHO Guidelines for Anti Retroviral Therapy. During summer 2009, people living with HIV participated in consultations to develop recommendations for the revision of the WHO’s 'Recommendations for Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection in Adults and Adolescents' (WHO ART Guidelines). The reports from the GNP+ consultations are available here.
World AIDS Day 2009: People living with HIV central to effective global HIV response
Monday, 30 November 2009 17:08
Amsterdam, 1 December 2009 On World AIDS Day 2009, the Global Network of People Living with HIV (GNP+) is highlighting and calling for continuing support for the leadership of people living with HIV in the HIV response. In 2009 we have seen tremendous achievements showing the Greater Involvement of People living with HIV (GIPA) in action. However, research shows barriers remain for people living with HIV to access services and be meaningfully involved in the development of the HIV response.
Promoting women's human rights in the face of criminalisation of HIV transmission
Monday, 30 November 2009 16:47
GNP+ has contributed to and endorsed ‘10 Reasons Why Criminalization of HIV Exposure or Transmission Harms Women’. This document, which is being launched on World AIDS Day 2009 highlights the ways in which criminalising HIV exposure or transmission exposes women to further dangers and violence rather than offer them protection from infection. Endorsed by 20 other organisations from around the world, the document calls for the protection and advancement of women’s rights for effective responses to HIV.
Latest Resources
- Building effective partnerships: Donor Consortium Conferences
- Consultation Implications of NPT research and development for people living with HIV
- PLHIV Stigma in Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia Poster
- Global Picture of HIV Criminalisation Poster
- The Critical Role of PLHIV in shaping Biomedical Prevention Research Poster
Other GNP+ programmes
