The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) advocates for increased access
to treatment, care and support services for people living with
HIV and campaigns to reduce new HIV infections. With more than
16,000 members, 267 branches and 72 full time staff members, TAC
has become the leading civil society force behind comprehensive
health care services for people living with HIV&AIDS in South
Africa. Since 1998, TAC has held government accountable for health
care service delivery; campaigned against official AIDS denialism;
challenged the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies
to make treatment more affordable and cultivated community leadership
on HIV and AIDS. The TAC’s efforts have resulted in many
life-saving interventions, including the implementation of country-wide
mother-to-child transmission prevention and antiretroviral treatment
programmes.
