UNAIDS Leadership Transition Background Paper

Why This Paper?
To inform the deliberations of the UNAIDS Working Group, a background paper (Read Online | Download PDF [1.01MB]) was prepared relying an available literature and 29 semi-structured interviews conducted with both Working Group members and broader constituents.

What is the Paper About?

The paper is broken into three parts:

1. Main contributions of UNAIDS

• As a Global advocate for HIV/AIDS
• Emphasizing the exceptionality of AIDS for a mulitsectoral response
• The technical role in surveillance and policy guidance
• Coordination
• Representing those who are most affected

2. The challenges for UNAIDS

• Reconciling Objectivity with advocacy
• Maintaining HIV/AIDS as a public priority
• Clarifying the role of UNAIDS
• Donor influence

3. Three Scenarios for the Future of UNAIDS

• Dissolve the agency
• Leave UNAIDS as it is
• Roll UNAIDS into a special agency of the WHO

Read the paper online or Download the PDF (1.01MB).

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