International AIDS Conference 2004 — Slide Show

The Thai Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (TNP+) and the community
of Thai AIDS treatment activists organized a march on the opening day of
the XV International AIDS Conference on Sunday, July 11, 2004 in
Bangkok, Thailand.

The International Conference theme was "Access for All." The march was
a call to the international community to demand accountability for gaps and
inequities in HIV/AIDS treatment access and to demand real access for all.

Participants in the march included members of the Thai
Drug Users Network, Thai MSM and transgender groups,
and members of many international HIV/AIDS community
organizations.

March participants.

"Action = Life"

In addition to treatment access, marchers decried attempts by ideologues to
thwart access to basic HIV prevention tools, particularly for those most vulnerable, including women, men who have sex with men, migrant workers, prisoners, and injecting drug users.

Demanding access to prevention, care and treatment.

Joep Lange, president of the International AIDS Society (IAS), sponsor of the Bangkok Conference.

Leaders of major non-governmental organization addressed a rally at the conclusion of the march.

Richard Feachem, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, awaits his turn at the microphone.

Zackie Achmat of South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was among several community activists who spoke.

Marchers called for the involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in all aspects of care and treatment.

Opening day of the XV International AIDS Conference on Sunday, July 11, 2004 in Bangkok, Thailand.