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?
Read the Announcement and Comment on the Working Group Background Paper
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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