GLOBAL FUND LAUNCHES 'BORN HIV FREE' CAMPAIGN SUPPORTED BY CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY
Ambitious digital media campaign launched
Paris, 19 May 2010 - The Global Fund today
launched the BORN HIV FREE campaign to mobilize public support
for its work and for a world where no child is born with HIV by 2015. Originated and supported by Carla Bruni-Sarkozy,
Global Fund Ambassador, this is one of the most ambitious campaigns of its kind. At its core is a series of
creative films intended to inspire people to sign up online in support of The Global Fund's mission.
"It is heartbreaking that over 400,000 babies are born with HIV every year even though we have the medical means
and the expertise to prevent this," says Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, The Global Fund's Ambassador for Protecting Women and
Children against AIDS. "I hope the BORN HIV FREE campaign will inspire millions of people to support
The Global Fund so we can finally put an end to this terrible injustice."
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's support for the BORN HIV FREE campaign follows a call in 2009 from UNAIDS head Michel Sidibé to virtually
eliminate mother-to-child transmission by 2015. HIV-positive mothers can pass on HIV to their babies during pregnancy, child labor,
delivery or by breast-feeding. The risk of transmission can be significantly reduced if they get access to prevention and treatment services.
"We can win this battle against AIDS if we get the funding we require," says Professor Michel Kazatchkine,
Executive Director of The Global Fund. "This campaign is intended to encourage people to sign up in support of
The Global Fund and to show their leaders that there is strong public support to continue and increase funding for its mission."
The campaign was conceived by French musician and producer Julien Civange at the request of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, and co-produced with The Global Fund.
Designed to work across various social and traditional media platforms, the campaign brings together several major companies who have joined up
as official partners in support of The Global Fund: Google, JC Decaux, Jean-Paul Gaultier, MSN, Orange, Tiffany & Co. and YouTube which will be a major platform for the campaign.
"YouTube is proud to be a main platform for this creative and innovative campaign." says Chad Hurley, YouTube CEO and co-founder. "This
campaign will show governments that their citizens endorse this effort and by supporting the Global Fund and its ambassador Carla Bruni-Sarkozy we want to
encourage fellow YouTube visitors to visit the Born HIV Free YouTube channel, watch and share its videos and sign up in support."
The campaign will operate in several languages with the vivid and imaginative short animation films aiming to expand public awareness that an HIV-free
generation is now truly possible within five years if governments continue funding the fight against HIV and AIDS. Nearly 100 media organizations are supporting the campaign.
The campaign films were produced by Oscar-winning creative team H5, as well as by Les Bonzoms for Paris Passion, with music by Amy Winehouse, TWA/MAP and
NEXUS Productions. The films focus on the promise of life fulfilled for children who are protected from HIV. Actor and director Vincent Perez has directed a special
video with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy to promote the campaign on YouTube. The animations will be distributed through various social and mass media platforms. They are
supplemented with a film by the award-winning Swedish animator Jonas Odell showcasing the tremendous advances made in the fight against the three diseases
since the inception of The Global Fund in 2002.
The BORN HIV FREE web site was designed and developed by red design, and the YouTube Channel was developed by type3. The campaign logo uses two ribbons
to embody the overarching theme: a small red ribbon, to represent a child, enveloped by a larger grey ribbon, representing the love and care of a mother. Tiffany
& Co. has created a collector's item brooch of this logo and Jean-Paul Gaultier is producing a collector's item tee-shirt.
Since its establishment in 2002, The Global Fund has approved proposals totaling US$ 19.4 billion making it the main contributor to the health-related
Millennium Development Goals. If current progress rates are maintained, it is possible to ensure that virtually no children anywhere in the world are born with HIV by 2015.
A majority of The Global Fund's resources come from donor governments. This year countries will pledge funding for the next three years (2011-2013) to
fight the three diseases. On 5 October 2010, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will chair a meeting of donor countries in New York.
The BORN HIV FREE campaign will run until the key meeting in New York in order to mobilize public support for these decisions which will determine
whether the battle to virtually eliminate mother to child transmission of the virus will be won or lost.
www.bornhivfree.org
Watch the videos on: www.youtube.com/bornhivfree
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The Global Fund is a unique global public-private partnership dedicated to attracting
and disbursing additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. This partnership between governments, civil society, the private sector and
affected communities represents a new approach to international health financing. The Global Fund works in close collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral
organizations to supplement existing efforts dealing with the three diseases.
Since its creation in 2002, the Global Fund has become the dominant financier of programs to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, with approved funding
of US$ 19.3 billion in 144 countries. To date, programs supported by the Global Fund have saved 4.9 million lives through providing AIDS treatment for 2.5 million people,
antituberculosis treatment for 6 million people and the distribution of 104 million insecticide-treated bed nets for the prevention of malaria.
For more information, please contact:
Andrew Hurst
Office: + 41 58 791 1672
Mobile: + 41 79 561 68 07
Email: andrew.hurst@theglobalfund.org
Nalin Mehta
Office: + 41 58 791 1821
Mobile: +41 79 541 04 61
Email: nalin.mehta@theglobalfund.org
Marcela Rojo
Office: +41 58 791 1679 Mobile: + 41 79 540 26 67
Email : marcela.rojo@theglobalfund.org
Véronique Taveau
Office: +41 58 791 1128
Mobile: +41 79 362 97 04
Email : veronique.taveau@theglobalfund.org
Rebeca Kritsch
Office: +41 58 791 1822
Mobile: +41 79 441 89 37
Email: rebeca.kritsch@theglobalfund.org
For Global Fund Ambassador–related queries
Adele Sulcas – Global Ambassador Liaison
Office: +41 58 79119 38
Mobile: +41 79 558 76 96
Email: adele.sulcas@theglobalfund.org
Other enquiries in Paris:
Eric Maillard - Managing Director, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Office: +33 1 5367 1270
Mobile: +33 62358 2231
Email: eric.maillard@ogilvy.com
Information on the work of the Global Fund is available at www.theglobalfund.org
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