 Its aim is to bring people living with HIV/AIDS together with their loved ones and peers into an organised entity dedicated to fighting HIV/AIDS and to defend the rights of people and communities affected by this disease.As of 2007, AIDES is active in France in 100 cities with 400 staff members and more than 1000 registered and trained volunteers.It is the largest non-governmental organisation in France working on HIV issues, by number of activists and budget.