- About UNAIDS
- Our work
- Targets and commitments
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
- Reducing sexual transmission
- Preventing HIV among drug users
- Eliminating new HIV infections among children
- 15 million accessing treatment
- Avoiding TB deaths
- Closing the resource gap
- Eliminating gender inequalities
- Eliminating stigma and discrimination
- Eliminating travel restrictions
- Strengthening HIV integration
- 2011 Political Declaration: Targets and elimination commitments
Documents
- Task Shifting - Global Recommendations and Guidelines
- ‘Task shifting’ is the name given to a process of delegation whereby tasks are moved, where appropriate, to less specialized health workers. These recommendations and guidelines on task shifting, produced by WHO with the US President Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS), provide a framework that is informed by all we now know about the ways in which accessto health services can be extended to all people in a way that is effective and sustainable.
- AIDS is everybody's business: UNAIDS & business - working together
- Being part of an effective response generates goodwill and demonstrates a company’s commitment to good corporate citizenship and to the well-being of its employees, customers and communities. There are many ways for businesses to contribute to the AIDS response. From the largest multinational corporations to the smallest enterprises, companies can choose the type and level of participation that suit their strengths. While models for partnership are practically limitless, possible activities include workplace programmes, advocacy, cash and in-kind donations.
- AIDS is everybody's business: partnerships with the private sector
- Thisa is a collection of case studies from UNAIDS. This summary cannot fully capture the diverse range of partnerships that the UNAIDS secretariat and its cosponsors have initiated with the private sector. It is a first attempt to collect stories that highlight just a few of the ways in which we work with this important constituency. The talent, resources, experience and commitment of business must play a central role in designing, implementing and promoting effective responses to HIV. UNAIDS is committed to further engaging with the private sector as a long-term partner in the response to AIDS at global and local levels.
- Report of the UNAIDS Technical Consultation on Social Change Communication
- This document provides an overview of the discussions at the UNAIDS technical consultation on social change communication on 2–3 August 2007 at UNAIDS, Geneva. With 11,000 people being infected every day, HIV prevention is a global priority. UNAIDS Practical guidelines for intensifying HIV prevention urge countries to match prevention responses to their epidemics and stress the need to tackle the social drivers of the epidemic, such as gender inequality, HIV related stigma and discrimination and human rights abuses. The meeting explored the role of social change communication in achieving these ends through activities that are effective, measurable and can be taken to scale. A number of practical next steps and actions were identified and, building on the information generated at the meeting, guidance and technical support will be offered on social change communication for national AIDS programmes. A short paper on social change communication, describing the benefits and challenges of its application, will be developed. This will be followed by a high level briefing on social change communication and a technical update, which will explain what is meant by social change communication. It is hoped these documents will help UNAIDS country offices and national AIDS programme managers understand social change communication and enable them to promote it at the national level. They will be disseminated well before the 2008 UN General Assembly reporting.
- Male circumcision - Global trends and determinants of prevalence, safety and acceptability
- The aim of this report is to review the determinants, prevalence, safety and acceptability of male circumcision.
- 2007 AIDS epidemic update
- In 2007, advances in the methodology of estimations of HIV epidemics applied to an expanded range of country data have resulted in substantial changes in estimates of numbers of persons living with HIV worldwide.
- Making the Money Work: UNAIDS Technical Support to Countries
- Funding for AIDS has grown significantly over the past decade. In 2007, US$10 billion is expected to be available for the AIDS response – about one third coming from developing countries – compared to less than US$300 million in 1995. The substantial increase in financial resources has allowed countries to scale up their AIDS response with the ultimate goal of achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
- A Nongovernmental Organization's National Response to HIV: the Work of the All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV
- The All-Ukrainian Network of People Living with HIV was founded in the late 1990s by people alarmed by the rapidly growing epidemic in their country, and the lack of resources and support for themselves and others affected by HIV. Since then the Network has grown to provide services throughout the country. Key strategy components are: increasing access to care and support; lobbying and advocating protecting the rights of people living with HIV; seeking to increase social acceptance of people living with HIV; and enhancing the organizational capacity of the Network. This short document outlines the development of the Network and highlights lessons learnt, a longer study providing more information about the Network is available on UNAIDS’ website.
- Handbook on HIV and Human Rights for National Human Rights Institutions
- This Handbook is designed to assist national human rights institutions to integrate HIV into their mandate to protect and promote human rights. It provides a basic overview of the role of human rights in an effective response to the epidemic and suggests concrete activities that national institutions can carry out within their existing work. It also presents possibilities for engaging with the national HIV response in order to protect and promote human rights, in the context of the “Three Ones”.
- Report of the Twentieth Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board
- The twentieth meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) took place at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25–27 June 2007. Minutes from this meeting are detailed in this report.
- The Positive Partnerships Program in Thailand: Empowering People Living with HIV
- UNAIDS best practice collection: an innovative new project in Thailand - the Positive Partnership Program (PPP) - has two goals: 1) to enable people living with HIV to lift themselves out of poverty, achieved through the provision of microcredit loans that allow people to set up small businesses in their communities; 2) the second goal is to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.
- Art for AIDS
- UNAIDS commemorated its 10th anniversary in 2006. In November 2006 UNAIDS moved into its new headquarters in Geneva, a building it shares with the World Health Organization. For UNAIDS, this new space is a convening centre for increased dialogue on AIDS issues and a centre for Art for AIDS. The UNAIDS art for AIDS collection are museum quality pieces that provoke thought and dialogue. With an initial emphasis on African art and artists, the pieces have been assembled through the generous support of artists, collectors and donors.
- Country Harmonization and Alignment Tool (CHAT)
- A tool to address harmonization and alignment challenges by assessing strengths and effectiveness of partnerships in the national AIDS response. The Country Harmonization and Alignment Tool (CHAT) has been designed to help national AIDS authorities and their partners gauge the level of participation and engagement in the national AIDS response, and the degree of harmonization and alignment of international partners. CHAT will help to assess partner adherence to the “Three Ones” principles and international partners’ adherence to the commitments in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005). In its function as a “barometer” of the status of harmonization and alignment at country lie, CHAT can serve as an advocacy tool for focusing dialogue and driving progress towards a more effective AIDS response.
- Joint UN Teams on AIDS and Joint UN Programmes of Support Progress Report 2006
- Progress towards establishing Joint United Nations (UN) Teams on AIDS and Joint UN Programmes of Support has been considerable: two thirds of UN Country Teams surveyed in January 2007 had already set up joint teams, and more than half also had a joint programme. For most countries, the advent of these teams and programmes has been a natural evolution of their existing systems. This progress report outlines the key recommendations to overcoming challenges and increasing joint UN action on AIDS at country level.
- GCWA - Progress Report 2006
- This report provides a broad overview of the major activities of the Global Coalition Secretariat and convening agencies over 2006. Its achievements, however, resonate beyond its own specific activities. The Global Coalition has helped shape the global advocacy agenda around women and AIDS and embed these messages and strategies in major global and regional policies. National coalitions on women and AIDS formed in countries ranging from Haiti to Nigeria and regional coalitions have also been formed in the Caribbean.
- 2006 UNAIDS annual report: making the money work
- The UNAIDS Annual Report looks at the work carried out by the UNAIDS Secretariat and its ten Cosponsor organizations in 2006. A truly global problem, AIDS affects every region and every country of the world, challenging health systems and undermining our capacity to reduce poverty, promote development and maintain national security. At the same time, as this annual report reveals, new opportunities are greatly enhancing our potential to respond to AIDS in the immediate and the longer term.
- UN position papers
- These position papers—developed by the the UN-wide HIV Positive Staff Group (UN Plus)—discuss the c
- Core Indicators Leaflet
- Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment
- Towards Universal Access to Prevention, Treatment and Care: Experiences and Challenges from Mbeya Region in Tanzania – A Case Study
- Tanzania has made substantial progress in strengthening the national response to HIV in recent years. This case study describes different aspects of the response made in the Mbeya region over the last 20 years. More than 2 million people live in the region and it was, and continues to be one of the worst-affected parts of the country. However, HIV prevalence which reached an estimated high of 20% in the mid-1990s has been in decline since then. It is very likely that the work of the Mbeya Regional AIDS Control Programme which began in 1988 has made an important contribution to reversing the trend of the epidemic.
- UNAIDS Expert Consultation on Behaviour Change Report
- UNAIDS convened an expert consultation on Behaviour Change in the Prevention of Sexual Transmission of HIV in collaboration with the US Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator on 25-26 September 2006. 26 experts from 17 countries joined UNAIDS for the consultation to reconsider the state of knowledge about behaviour change measures for the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV. The objective of the meeting was to create a forum for dialogue about the evidence and the priorities to prevent sexual transmission, to pinpoint a few concrete barriers to behaviour change that can be overcome, and to seek a practical way forward to innovate and test or expand some promising new approaches to behavioural change.
- Monitoring the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators 2008
- To assist Member States in preparing and submitting Country Progress Reports, UNAIDS has prepared these guidelines for the monitoring of the Declaration of Commitment made at the 2001 General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. As the former Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, stated in the 2001 Special Session, “Maintaining the momentum and monitoring progress are essential”. To this end, the Secretary-General requested UNAIDS to again report on progress in 2008. As with previous years, this report will be based on national reports prepared by Member States.
- UNAIDS overview brochure
- This brochure gives an overview of the work carried out by UNAIDS and its ten Cosponsors to ‘Unite the world against AIDS’ and help build a sustainable AIDS response for the future. The brochure highlights how UNAIDS and its Cosponsors are working together, and with all other partners involved in the AIDS response, to build a broad, global united coalition for action with genuinely shared goals.
- Policy Brief The Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV (GIPA)
- This policy stresses that no single agency or organization can provide for the full spectrum of needs of people living with HIV: partnerships between actors are therefore needed. To enable the active engagement of people living with HIV, UNAIDS urges all actors to ensure that people living with HIV have the space and the practical support for their greater and more meaningful involvement. The GIPA Principle aims to realize the rights and responsibilities of people living with HIV, including their right to self-determination and participation in decision-making processes that affect their lives. This principle was formalized at the 1994 Paris AIDS Summit when 42 countries agreed to “support a greater involvement of people living with HIV at all levels and to stimulate the creation of supportive political, legal and social environments”.
- Proposed Working Mechanisms for Joint UN Teams on AIDS at Country Level; Guidance Paper
- These proposed working mechanisms for the Joint UN Teams on AIDS have been developed to guide UN Country Teams in their establishment, per the instructions of the UN Secretary-General. It includes information relating to the background, strategies and tools that can be used to harness the potential of the UN Country Team to support the national AIDS response. It provides options for establishing an institutional framework for Joint UN Teams on AIDS and for putting in place a joint UN AIDS Programme of Support. While the focus of this paper is on strengthening UN processes, it is understood that the ultimate goal and purpose of Joint UN Teams on AIDS is to improve support to the national response, and contribute to expanding HIV prevention, care and treatment leading to reduced HIV vulnerability and infections.
- New Data on Male Circumcision and HIV Prevention: Policy and Programme Implications
- In March 2007, WHO and UNAIDS convened an international consultation to review the results of the three randomized controlled trials and other evidence on male circumcision and HIV prevention, to discuss the policy and programme implications, and to make recommendations regarding public health issues. This document summarizes the principal conclusions and recommendations of the meeting.
- Practical Guidelines for Intensifying HIV Prevention
- These Practical Guidelines for Intensifying HIV Prevention: Towards Universal Access are designed to provide policy makers and planners with practical guidance to tailor their national HIV prevention response so that they respond to the epidemiological scenario of the country and populations who remain most vulnerable to and at risk of HIV infection.
- Mainstreaming Aids in Development Instruments and Processes at the National Level
- This report is the result of an independent review jointly commissioned by UNAIDS and UNDP of the experiences of mainstreaming AIDS in national development instruments, and technical support provided to national partners in this area. The main national development instruments considered in this report are Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and to a lesser extent, national development plans.The review was carried out by the HLSP Institute between November 2004 and June 2005 and is also available on CD Rom.
- National AIDS Councils : monitoring and evaluation operations manual
- The National AIDS Councils: Monitoring and Evaluation Operations Manual is designed as a practical toolkit and road map for practitioners to use in designing and implementing programme monitoring and evaluation (M&E). The manual introduces key concepts; presents simple, clear procedures, with a checklist of the process, timing and costs of building participatory programme M&E for National AIDS Councils (NACs); and offers key tools that implementing partners need for M&E. The manual emphasizes the development of the overall M&E system, in relation to the National Strategic Plan, and the monitoring of services provided through NACs and their implementing partners.
- Implementing the UN Learning Strategy on HIV/AIDS: Sixteen Case Studies
- The Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) of UNAIDS approved a Learning Strategy adopted in 2003 to help UN system staff develop competence on AIDS issues. This report is comprised of UN AIDS Learning Strategy case studies from sixteen countries: Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Madagascar, Morocco, Nigeria, the Pan American Health Organization headquarters (United States), Pakistan, Paraguay, Vienna (Austria), Viet Nam, and Yemen. It presents each country’s unique experience in implementing the strategy since its adoption.
- UNAIDS at country level Supporting countries as they move towards universal access
- This publication reviews the country- level work of UNAIDS in 2005 and early 2006 within the context of regional and global efforts to move towards universal access. During this period, UNAIDS focused its country support work on two main areas. The first was improving the architecture of the AIDS response in the face of increasing complexity, growing resources and the involvement of new actors. The second priority of country work was securing political commitment to a dramatic expansion of services for prevention, treatment, care and support. Based on this period this report discusses the major centres of work and illustrates them through examples from specific countries. Brief descriptions are also provided for the work of each of the ten Cosponsors of UNAIDS.
- Policy Brief : HIV and Refugees
- The Policy Brief recommends actions that governments and their international and civil society partners must take to respond to HIV in the context of refugees. The policy also offers best practice examples and first-person accounts from policy makers who have taken exemplary actions in this area. It builds on the commitments made by States as part of the 2006 High Level Meeting on AIDS, the International Human Rights Law and the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, wherein States parties committed to providing refugees with the same “public relief and assistance” as their nationals, including medical care.
- The development of programme strategies for integration of HIV, food and nutrition activities in refugee settings
- In 2003 UNHCR, WFP, and UNICEF launched a joint effort to develop, through multi-site field research in refugee communities in Africa, a set of strategies for using food and nutrition-based interventions to support HIV transmission prevention, impact mitigation, and care, treatment, and support for people living with HIV. This important collaborative initiative grew out of the recognition that refugee settings are unique. It was recognized also that specific research is required conducted among and with refugees. This Best Practice document discusses the research process and findings of this interagency initiative.
- A Faith-Based Response to HIV in Southern Africa: the Choose to Care Initiative
- This study describes the work of the Choose to Care initiative of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa which began in 2000. It shows that effective scaling-up of programmes in the response to HIV does not necessarily have to be the expansion of a single central service. Working through the diocesan and parish system, coordinated by the AIDS Office Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and originally funded by the Catholic Mission Medical Board and other Catholic funding agencies, the Catholic Church scaled up service provision by the replication of smaller scale programmes rooted in and responsive to the needs expressed by local communities in this five-country area. This study shows that such an approach is effective when undertaken within common guidelines and given central support.
- Policy Brief : HIV and Sex between men
- Sex between men occurs in every culture and society, though its extent and public acknowledgement vary from place to place. In terms of HIV, sex between men is significant because it can involve anal sex, which when unprotected carries a very high risk. At least 5–10% of HIV infections worldwide are estimated to occur through sex between men, though this figure varies considerably between countries and regions.
- A Faith-Based Response to HIV in Southern Africa: the Choose to Care Initiative
- This study describes the work of the Choose to Care initiative of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa. It shows that effective scaling up of programmes in the response to HIV, and work towards making Universal Access a reality, does not necessarily have to be the expansion of a single central service. Through the Choose to Care initiative the Church scaled up service provision by the replication of smaller scale programmes rooted in and responsive to their immediate communities’ needs. The study shows that such an approach is effective when undertaken within common guidelines and given central support.