- Author
- Knerr, Wendy
- Title
- Mainstreaming Towards Universal Access: What International Policy-makers and Donors can do to Increase and Improve AIDS Mainstreaming - A Report Based on Research in Burkina Faso, Cambodia, India and Zambia
- Description of Work
- Policy Report
- Imprint
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, June 2008, 20 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 1-905055-50-1
- Description
"This project was commissioned and co-ordinated by Caroline Halmshaw, with support from other colleagues at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, including Sarah Middleton-Lee. The lead writer was Wendy Knerr (consultant). Support and technical input was provided by Bob Verbruggen and Verena Schuster at UNAIDS.
The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is grateful for the financial support provided by UNAIDS. The views expressed within this publication do not necessarily represent the views of UNAIDS."
Reproduced with the kind permission of the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.- Abstract
"In 2006, world leaders made a historic commitment to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, care, support and treatment by 2010. But many countries face significant barriers to achieving this global mandate, associated with the social, economic and political issues that increase people’s vulnerability to HIV and exacerbate the impact of AIDS.
Tackling these barriers to universal access requires a co-ordinated and wide-ranging response. This needs to involve multiple sectors and stakeholders from within the health sector and beyond. Above all, the international development community and non-health government ministries need to play a bigger part in changing the aspects of social, economic and political systems that drive HIV epidemics. One effective way to do this is AIDS mainstreaming."