Gregg Gonsalves
Encyclopedia
Gregg Gonsalves is an HIV
/AIDS
activist and advocate. He found out he was HIV+ in 1995. He has authored three reports of HIV and written many publications including the 1992 critical review AIDS research at the NIH and a report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition in 2006. In 1992 one of his reports resulted in the Clinton Administration reorganising of AIDS research, and he continued to lobby the administration in his role as policy director of the Treatment Action Group in New York. At the International AIDS Conference
, held in Toronto
, Gonsalves gave a powerful speech on the 25 years of AIDS. Gregg Gonsalves has completed studies at Yale University
. In 2008, he received $100,000 as the first recipient of the AIDS Leadership Award
from the John M. Lloyd Foundation. He is currently working to improve access to HIV treatment in Southern Africa with the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA).
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...
/AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
activist and advocate. He found out he was HIV+ in 1995. He has authored three reports of HIV and written many publications including the 1992 critical review AIDS research at the NIH and a report from the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition in 2006. In 1992 one of his reports resulted in the Clinton Administration reorganising of AIDS research, and he continued to lobby the administration in his role as policy director of the Treatment Action Group in New York. At the International AIDS Conference
International AIDS Conference
The International AIDS Society is the custodian of the International AIDS Conference, the largest regular conference on any health or development issue. These conferences provide a forum for the interaction of science, community and leadership, and are claimed to strengthen an evidence-based...
, held in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Gonsalves gave a powerful speech on the 25 years of AIDS. Gregg Gonsalves has completed studies at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
. In 2008, he received $100,000 as the first recipient of the AIDS Leadership Award
from the John M. Lloyd Foundation. He is currently working to improve access to HIV treatment in Southern Africa with the AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA).