Founded in 1991, the International Council of AIDS Service Organisations’ (ICASO) mission is to mobilise and support diverse community organisations to build an effective global response to HIV and AIDS. This is done within a vision of a world where people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS and the vulnerable marginalised communities affected by the pandemic can enjoy life free from stigma, discrimination, and persecution, and have access to prevention, treatment, support and care. Please click here for ICASO’s 2008 Annual Report and Strategic Framework 2007-2011.

The ICASO network of networks operates globally, regionally and locally, and reaches over 100 countries internationally. ICASO operates from its International Secretariat in Canada and through Regional Secretariats in five continents:

• African Council of AIDS Service Organisations (AfriCASO)
• AIDS Action Europe (AAE)
• Latin America and the Caribbean Council of AIDS Service Organisations (LACCASO)
• North America Council of AIDS Service Organisations (NACASO)
• Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organisatins (APCASO)