ICASO is the International Council of AIDS Service Organizations, a global network of non-governmental and community-based organizations. ICASO was formed in 1991 with secretariats in five geographic regions, and a central secretariat based in Canada. In 1995 ICASO was incorporated under Canadian law. ICASO is a non-governmental organization accredited to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
ICASO strives to:
- mobilize communities and their organizations to participate in the response to HIV/AIDS
- articulate and advocate the needs and concerns of communities and their organizations
- ensure that community-based organizations, particularly those with fewer resources and within affected communities, are strengthened in their work to prevent HIV infection, and to provide treatment, care and support for people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS
- promote the greater involvement of people living and affected by, HIV/AIDS in all aspects of prevention, treatment, care and support, and research
- promote human rights in the development and implementation of policies and programs responding to all aspects of HIV/AIDS
- ICASO project reports
- information on the UNGASS on HIV/AIDS
- details of conferences and events
- information on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria