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Co-organiser: ICASO
The International Council of AIDS Service Organisations (ICASO)
ICASO, the International Council of AIDS Service Organisations, works to strengthen the community-based response to HIV/AIDS, by connecting and representing NGO networks throughout the world.
The networks ICASO seeks to connect and represent consist of community groups working with limited resources to stem the tide of infection among their families, friends, and neighbors. It has become clear that some of the most cost- effective and innovative responses to the challenges posed by the epidemic originate in the hardest-hit communities. Because their resources are often meager, and because the epidemic poses immediate life or death choices, these communities have been forced to devise novel defenses against transmission, to provide as much care and treatment as possible, to speak plainly about the disease and de-stigmatize HIV status, and to lobby their governments at all levels to increase resource allocations for a range of services.
ICASO helps networks and groups connect to share lessons learned, expertise, and even commodities. We work to amplify their voices in global, regional and national policy dialogues, advocating their concerns as comprehensively and accurately as possible. ICASO believes that the involvement of women and men infected with HIV and communities affected by AIDS is essential to ensure their access to adequate prevention, care, treatment and support services.
Founded in 1991, ICASO operates from regional secretariats based on all five continents, guided by a central secretariat in Canada.
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ICASO – Central Secretariat
65 Wellesley Street E.,
Suite 403
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, M4Y 1G7
Phone: +1 416 921 0018
Fax: +1 416 921 9979
E-mail: icaso@icaso.org
Website: www.icaso.org
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