The international Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) is a worldwide coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS and their advocates. The ITPC advocates for universal and free access to treatment for AIDS for all HIV+ people and greater input from HIV+ people in decisions that affect their lives. We work to achieve these goals at the local, regional and international level.

In 2002, a group of treatment activists from around the world identified the need by an email group for a stronger international response to address the need to provide HIV/AIDS treatment to millions of people who require it around the world. In March 2003, one hundred and twenty five people with HIV/AIDS and their advocates from sixty-seven countries gathered in Cape Town, South Africa at the International Treatment Preparedness Summit to discuss strategies to establish and strengthen:

Local and regional efforts to educate communities about treatment and mobilize them to demand access to these drugs and; Local, regional and international efforts to secure the commitment and policy changes needed from governments, multilateral institutions and the private sector to expedite access to treatment for HIV/AIDS.

ITPC is the only international coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS and their supporters solely devoted to advocacy on HIV/AIDS treatment access. As a community voice, it combines the knowledge of the grassroots with technical expertise, and has been successful in communicating the concerns of people living with HIV/AIDS who need treatment to governments, United Nations agencies, the large pharmaceutical manufacturers among other public and private bodies that influence the progress of the establishment, scale-up and sustainability of HIV/AIDS treatment programs.