Health Global Access Project Incorporated

HEALTH GAP IS AN INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION WORKING TO ACCELERATE THE END OF THE AIDS PANDEMIC BY ELIMINATING THE BARRIERS TO AFFORDABLE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AROUND THE WORLD.

ADVANCING HEALTH JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY: BOTH IN THE US AND ABROAD, HEALTH GAP FIGHTS TO ENSURE THAT MULTILATERAL AND BILATERAL DONORS ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN, LBGTI AND OTHER KEY AFFECTED POPULATIONS. WE HAVE INCREASED OUR ADVOCACY AROUND THE DANGERS OF PREVENTING WOMEN FROM HAVING ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES. IN COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK, WE BUILD THE CAPACITY OF KEY POPULATIONS AND THEIR ALLIES TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED INVESTMENTS IN PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WORK - INCLUDING ACCESS TO SAFE ABORTION SERVICES - AND TO OPPOSE LAWS, POLICIES AND SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION THAT UNDERMINE THE HEALTH RIGHTS OF MARGINALIZED GROUPS.

OTHER PROGRAMS: PROMOTING ACCESS TO MEDICINES AND GENERAL PROGRAM.

BUILDING ACTIVIST POWER: HEALTH GAP BUILDS PEOPLE POWER IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD TO ACHIEVE OUR CAMPAIGN GOALS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH DIRECTLY AFFECTED COMMUNITIES, EXPANDING THEIR CAPACITY FOR ADVOCACY IN PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDING ACCESS TO MEDICINES, HEALTH JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE GLOBAL AIDS RESPONSE, AND SECURING SUFFICIENT GLOBAL AIDS FUNDING.

FUNDING THE FIGHT: HEALTH GAP IS ONE OF THE FEW GLOBAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS BOLDLY FIGHTING FOR EXPANDED GLOBAL HIV INVESTMENTS ON SEVERAL FRONTS. IN THE U.S., HEALTH GAP MAKES THE CASE FOR INCREASED GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN THE GLOBAL AIDS RESPONSE DIRECTLY TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND POLICYMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL AND IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE BELIEVE THAT THE U.S. HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO INVEST IN THE GLOBAL HIV RESPONSE, NOT OUT OF CHARITY, BUT BECAUSE COMMUNITIES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH HAVE BEEN MADE MORE VULNERABLE THROUGH DECADES OF U.S. TRADE AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL POLICY DECISIONS. HEALTH GAP WORKS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT MOVEMENTS IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES AS LOCAL ACTIVISTS PUT PRESSURE ON THEIR GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS IN THEIR NATIONAL HIV RESPONSES.