WHY SUPPORT TAC?

SOUTH AFRICA’S TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN (TAC) IS AN ORGANIZATION OF MORE THAN 16,000 MEMBERS, 267 BRANCHES AND 72 FULL TIME STAFF MEMBERS.  TAC HAS BECOME THE LEADING CIVIL SOCIETY FORCE BEHIND HIV&AIDS TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND CARE IN SOUTH AFRICA.  SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1998, TAC HAS HELD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE, CAMPAIGNED AGAINST OFFICIAL AIDS DENIALISM, CHALLENGED THE WORLD’S LEADING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES TO MAKE TREATMENT MORE AFFORDABLE AND CULTIVATED COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP ON HIV AND AIDS. DESPITE IT BEING INADEQUATE, THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT TREATMENT POLICY AND PROGRAMME, THE MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION PREVENTION PROGRAMME LARGELY CAME ABOUT AS A DIRECT RESULT OF TAC‘S ADVOCACY. 

TAC HAS AN INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION OF BEING A COMMUNITY-ROOTED ORGANIZATION THAT IS OFFERING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIES TO TACKLE THE DEVASTATING PANDEMICS OF HIV&AIDS AND TB IN THE AFRICAN SUB-CONTINENT.  TAC HAS RECEIVED WORLD-WIDE ACCLAIM AND NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADES, INCLUDING A NOMINATION FOR A NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 2004. ON 30 AUGUST 2006 THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED IT, “THE WORLD’S MOST EFFECTIVE AIDS GROUP”. IT HAS SUPPORTED MANY GLOBAL INITIATIVES ON PREVENTION AND TREATMENT. 

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE CORE PRINCIPLES AND FEATURES OF THE TAC AS CAN BE WITNESSED ON THE TAC WEBSITE THAT HOUSES A RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS, POLICIES AND FINANCIAL AUDIT REPORTS FOR PUBLIC SCRUTINY.  

TAC’S PROGRAMMES FACILITATE ACCESS TO TREATMENT; PROVIDE LITERACY TRAINING ON PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ON AN INCREASINGLY MASS SCALE; COORDINATE, DISTIL AND DISSEMINATE RESEARCH INTO HIV&AIDS AND TB; AND ORGANIZE AND ADVOCATE WITH MEMBER COMMUNITIES TO TAKE UP ISSUES OF POLICY AND DELIVERY.   IN 2005 AND 2006, TAC HAS ALSO BEGUN TO INTENSIFY ITS WOMEN’S RIGHTS WORK BY LEADING CAMPAIGNS TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND MOBILISING COMMUNITIES AROUND WOMEN’S RIGHTS.