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The Four A's

One easy way to conceptualise the agenda of the Global Campaign is to consider the four "A's" of Advocacy: Awareness - Acceleration - Access - Accountability

Awareness Strategies to create a supportive political, policy, and provider environment for the timely development, introduction, and use of microbicides	Acceleration Strategies to facilitate the timely development, approval, and registration of safe, effective, and "user-friendly" microbicides
Access Strategies to ensure that microbicides will be widely available and affordable for those who need them, and that individuals have the knowledge, skills, power, and social support necessary to use them	Accountability Strategies to ensure that as science proceeds, the public interest is protected and the rights and interests of trial participants, users, and communities are fully represented and respected