OF NOTE THIS WEEK

The 27th UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board Meeting was underway earlier this week in Geneva. At the meeting, UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, delivered his report, which updated the Board on UNAIDS's activities since its last meeting in June 2010. The report, which emphasizes how to get value for money in the AIDS response, presents a new strategy for UNAIDS going forward focusing on better results and improving the return on investments. The strategy was officially adopted by the Board yesterday.

NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS

• OGAC's Principal Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator, Deborah von Zinkernagel, issues a statement at the 27th UNAIDS Program Coordinating Board Meeting
• The Global Fund suspends two malaria grants and terminates a tuberculosis grant to Mali after it found evidence of misappropriation and unjustified expenditure

OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

• Closing the tap on HIV and AIDS in Zambia (Zambian Watchdog)
• Mylan's Matrix Receives Tentative FDA Approval Under PEPFAR for Abacavir Sulfate Tablets, 60mg (PR Newswire)
• World Bank AIDS policy failing rural Africa (Daily Monitor)
• Fighting HIV/AIDS: There is need for behavioral change (New Vision)
• Looking Forward to an AIDS-Free Generation (All Africa)
• 251 Zambians get HIV/AIDS infected daily (Lusaka Times)
• Denied funding puts HIV patients in low-income countries at risk of death (Medecins Sans Frontieres)

RECENT CGD HEALTH POLICY BLOGS

• Global Health is Development: Why USAID Should Lead the GHI By Nandini Oomman and Connie Veillette

HIV/AIDS MONITOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICY IMPACT

• The HIV/AIDS Monitor has been tracking the policy changes among PEPFAR, the Global Fund and the World Bank MAP related to the recommendations that have come out of our research. Explore these changes using our interactive flash tool.