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Engaging Advocates
GCM is a diverse network of advocates and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working to expand HIV prevention options and encourage ethical research that involves civil society. Founded in 1998, it serves as an interface between the scientific establishment and citizens whose lives will be influenced by HIV prevention research – whether as eventual users of new prevention tools, trial participants, taxpayers and/or individuals at risk of, or living with, HIV/AIDS.
GCM’s partner organisations are located all over the world. Please click on the following regions to visit our regional sections and see what activities are going on in the following places. Please click below:
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Advocates and Microbicides Development
In order to undertake effective advocacy in all regions and ensure that civil society is engaged in all phases of microbicides development GCM convened a civil society working group in 2008. The working group produced a report identifying the resources and actions needed to move from the then level of advocates’ engagement to what is needed for civil society to become a full-partner in microbicides development. This report serves to complement the Microbicide Development Strategy (MDS) published in 2006 to serve as a prioritisation framework for decision-making by funders, researchers and developers.
A copy of this can be found here:
Read the full report (600 KB)
Read the executive summary (600 KB)
Learn more about the original MDS process at the Alliance for Microbicide Development website.
