About us

"It is a quarter of a century - 25 years - after HIV was first officially identified. Yet many aspects of this virus and the disease that occupy every aspect of our organization’s attention still remain to be understood better.

We all know that better tools to treat and prevent HIV are still desperately needed or have to be made more widely available. We know that EATG’s mission to advocate for universal access in the WHO53 is at a new stage now. The EATG is 17 years old: a mere teenager still. Over these nearly two decades since we began our journey we have accomplished a lot together. But our task is far from over and let’s not be smug about our accomplishments.

There are millions of people still in need of antiretroviral therapy, too many people are still dying from the disease, and many of them live in our countries and in the regions that we have chosen to focus upon. Our biggest challenge is to stay flexible enough to adapt to the ever-changing world around us. New challenges will arise as our partners and stakeholders change around us. We may consider ourselves unique and the number one patient organization on HIV treatment in Europe, but are we delivering enough on the promise of our mission statement?

We are working hard to remain and even increase the leading community advocate and treatment educators group in Europe. This activity report shows the many activities that have contributed to this role."

(Wim Vandevelde, former EATG chair at the GA 2008)

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