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What is OSI’s work in the area of HIV/AIDS and human rights?

• The HIV/AIDS and Civil Society Project
  Supports the development of independent civil society movements to respond to HIV and AIDS epidemics worldwide.
• The International Harm Reduction Development Program
  Supports access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care programs for people who use drugs (see Chapter 3).
• The International Palliative Care Initiative
  Supports access to comprehensive HIV care, including access to opioid pain medication, for people living with HIV and AIDS (see Chapter 4).
• The Sexual Health and Rights Project
  Supports access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care programs for sex workers and LGBT communities (see Chapter 5).
• Public Health Watch
  Supports civil society-led monitoring and advocacy on government responses to HIV and AIDS and tuberculosis worldwide.
• The Law and Health Initiative
  Works with each of the above programs to support responses to HIV and AIDS that focus on law and human rights.

OSI engages with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to ensure that the Fund is adequately supported, and that it meaningfully includes civil society in the projects it supports.

Some examples of projects include:

• In Southern Africa, the region of the world most affected by AIDS, provision of unrestricted institutional support and technical assistance to six organizations working to advance human rights responses to HIV.
• “Ensuring Justice for Vulnerable Communities in Kenya: A Review of HIV/AIDS-related Legal Services,” a report on access to legal services for people living with, affected by, and at risk of HIV in Kenya. Produced by the Law and Health Initiative.
• “Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever,” a ten-point declaration endorsed by 24 NGOs that outlines why, now more than ever, human rights should occupy the center of the global response to HIV and AIDS. Produced by the Law and Health Initiative.
• Networking, a satellite session, and venues for human rights activists at the 2006 International AIDS Conference (IAC), including support for clinical legal educators from Mozambique, Thailand, and Ukraine to attend the conference.

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