Global Health: Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS Needs to Strengthen Country-LevelEfforts and Measure Results

摘要

HIV/AIDS has grown beyond a public health problem to become a humanitarian anddevelopmental crisis. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), funded in part by the United States, is one important international effort against HIV/AIDS. UNAIDS was established by the U.N. in 1996 to provide coordinated U.N. action and to lead and promote an expanded global response to the worldwide epidemic. This letter responds to your request that we examine UNAIDS' progress in achieving its mission since we last reported in 1998. In this report, we (1) assess UNAIDS' progress, especially at the country level, toward increasing the coordination and commitment of the U.N. and global community; (2) assess UNAIDS' progress in providing technical support and information and in developing a monitoring and evaluation plan to measure results; and (3) identify factors that may have affected UNAIDS' progress. In addition, you asked us to provide information on the status of the International Partnership Against AIDS in Africa.