MAKE ART/STOP AIDS, the signature global initiative of the UCLA Art and Global Health Center, is an international network of scholars, artists, and activists committed to ending the global AIDS epidemic. UCLA Professor David Gere established the MAKE ART/STOP AIDS network while on a Fulbright research grant in India.

In July 2004, Gere led a four-day workshop in Kolkata with 60 Indian and 15 international artists and activists under the MAKE ART/STOP AIDS banner. A subsequent daylong event in New Delhi brought the concepts developed in the workshop to the attention of leaders from the Indian government, media, and non-governmental organizations.

Since then, MAKE ART/STOP AIDS has expanded from Kolkata to Los Angeles, from Mexico City to Rio de Janeiro, and from Johannesburg back to Chennai, to create a truly international network.