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That was the key takeaway from ITPC’s Solange Baptiste during IAPAC’s 95-95-95-95 Target Update session titled Scaling Up Community-Led HIV Responses to Leave No One Behind. Continue reading on page 3. [...] IAPAC 95-95-95-95 TARGET UPDATE Othoman Mellouk addressing the Lessons learned from the DTG story session at AIDS2024 in Munich on Monday 22 July 2024. [...] Civil society pressure led to improvements in access to essential medicines through negotiations with governments and the issuance of compulsory licenses. “Your biggest partner for transitioning to newer, better drugs is communities because it was pressure from affected women that forced access to DTG,” noted Kenly Sikwese. What’s the problem? [...] We should be celebrating one year of DTG access in Colombia but no dolutegravir has been procured under the compulsory license because ViiV has taken the Colombian government to court to challenge the compulsory license. ViiV claims the voluntary license for DTG issued for upper-middle-income countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) has expanded access to 85% of all people on ARVs. Acti [...] We call on ViiV to drop the case they brought in Colombian court against the compulsory license issued to ensure access to DTG in Colombia and to expand access in the EECA region. [...] 2 LESSON LEARNED FROM THE "DTG STORY" 2024.07.22 Monday @itpcglobal ITPC EECA’s Denis Godlevski questions ViiV’s DTG access numbers during the Lessons Learned from the DTG story session at AIDS2024 in Munich on Monday 22 July 2024. [...] Latin American treatment access activists protesting during the Lessons Learned from the DTG story session at AIDS2024 in Munich on Monday 22 July 2024.3 The future is community-led Continued from page 1. [...] The Way Forward At the Paris Summit, Kenyan President William Ruto said, “African countries long to be perceived as ‘part of the solution’ for global problems, not a drag on solving them. [...] If rich countries shared their perceptions that low-income countries remain mere recipients of their charity, we would find strong allies with the expertise to help take on some of the most persistent health and climate challenges.” What we would say is this: Communities long to be perceived as part of the solution for global problems, not a drag on solving them. [...] If we shed our perceptions that communities remain mere recipients of charity, we would find strong allies with the expertise to help take on some of the most persistent health and climate challenges. 2024.07.22 Monday @itpcglobal IAPAC 95-95-95-95 TARGET UPDATE Solange Baptiste wearing a community scientist lab coat that reads “I dare you to find a problem that communities can’t solve” at AIDS202