In 2005, world leaders at the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland and every UN

Member State pledged to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care for all who need it by 2010. Despite important progress in expanding access to lifesaving HIV services since then, the world still remains far short of meeting this central health and development goal.

As the 2010 G8 and G20 summits approach, the International AIDS Society (IAS) has launched the global “Universal Access Now” campaign to focus world leaders’ attention on the need to fulfill the universal access commitment without delay.

Universal access supporters can visit "Unversal Access Now" here and send a letter to their national officials urging them to act to keep the universal access pledge.