OF NOTE THIS WEEK

The HIV/AIDS Monitor team is excited to announce the release of our most recent country-level report on performance-based funding. The report, Are Funding Decisions Based on Performance? examines the different approaches of PEPFAR, the Global Fund and the World Bank in defining and using performance in making decisions about funding. The report then provides key recommendations to each donor about how they can improve structures within their organizations to better link funding decisions to programmatic results. You can read more about the report in an accompanying blog post here and the report is available on our website here.

OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

• World Health Day Focuses on Urbanization (CNN)
• East Africa: Anti-Counterfeit Laws to Limit Access to ARVs (Business Daily)
• Uganda: Stolen Global Fund Money Recovered (All Africa)
• 'Elite' AIDS Patients Boost Vaccine Research Efforts (PBS NewsHour)
• Sex, HIV and the Politics of Clean Needles (CNN)
• Measuring Progress in Preventing Secondary Infections in People with HIV (WHO Bulletin)
• Human Resources For Health study examines the potential for task-shifting to expand HIV care in sub-Saharan Africa

RECENT CGD HEALTH POLICY BLOGS

• Do PEPFAR, the Global Fund and the World Bank MAP Make Funding Decisions Against Performance? And Why This Matters NOW! By Nandini Oomman

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.