UNAIDS Leadership Transition Background Paper

Why This Paper?
To inform the deliberations of the UNAIDS Working Group, a background paper (Read Online | Download PDF [1.01MB]) was prepared relying an available literature and 29 semi-structured interviews conducted with both Working Group members and broader constituents.

What is the Paper About?

The paper is broken into three parts:

1. Main contributions of UNAIDS

    • As a Global advocate for HIV/AIDS
    • Emphasizing the exceptionality of AIDS for a mulitsectoral response
    • The technical role in surveillance and policy guidance
    • Coordination
    • Representing those who are most affected

2. The challenges for UNAIDS

    • Reconciling Objectivity with advocacy
    • Maintaining HIV/AIDS as a public priority
    • Clarifying the role of UNAIDS
    • Donor influence

3. Three Scenarios for the Future of UNAIDS

    • Dissolve the agency
    • Leave UNAIDS as it is
    • Roll UNAIDS into a special agency of the WHO

Read the paper online or Download the PDF (1.01MB).

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