Nikos Dedes is founder and chair of ‘Positive Voice’, the Greek Association of People Living with HIV and founder and vice-chair of ‘Prometheus’, the Hellenic Liver Patient Association. He is also chair of the ‘European AIDS Treatment Group’ (EATG), the leading European HIV activists network and past member of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Currently he is member of the Steering Committee of NEAT id (European HIV Clinical Trials Foundation), a member of the HIV Treatment Guidelines Panel of EACS (European AIDS Clinical Society) and member of the Steering Committee of the “HIV in Europe” initiative. Nikos advocates for universal access to evidence-based and cost-effective health and prevention services for all people as a moral imperative and pre-condition for a prosperous and fair society.