The CIAT coordinator joined training with key international and regional journalists on media and HIV where she emphasized the role of the media in amplifying the voices of at-risk populations on issues of human rights violations, universal access, stigma and discrimination. The training was held in Atlanta by IMLAS. Alma acknowledged the importance of building relationships with key media for advocacy purposes.
A pre-implementation workshop for fifth-cycle grantees and associates was organised to look at M&E for grants and the issues of pharmacovigilance, drug registration and patents in Latin America, and problems of ARV supply-chain management. CIAT and the key regional activists attending the workshop issued a statement with more than 100 signatories concerned about access to treatment to be presented to international communities and Comité Tecnico de Cooperación Horizontal.
The CIAT coordinador was also a key speaker at the AIDS Symphosium 2010 in Buenos Aires in September, speaking about the role of civil society in scaling up treatment access and education for PLHIV.
In response to the issues of ARV stock-outs in Latin America, CIAT and REDCA organised a press conference in Guatemala to address the problem of ARV procurement with the Pan-American Health Organization. CIAT mobilised support from human rights groups to help monitor the situation regarding access to ARVs.
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