Citizen Participation in HIV/AIDS Policies: A case study of the Global Fund in Peru

This paper explores the experience of people living with HIV/AIDS participating in CONAMUSA, an organism that works with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Peru. CONAMUSA is a multisectorial space that is also shared by diverse actors such as the Health Department and NGOs. The political stories of these leaders are marked by stigma and urgency. Both contribute to a particular form of political action: necessity participation. A second element in the paper is the role of support groups as possibilities for political awareness.