OF NOTE THIS WEEK
The UNAIDS Leadership Transition Working Group, co-sponsored by CGD and the Global Economic Governance Programme at Oxford University, has released a new report arguing that the new executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS should focus on a few essential tasks: promoting evidence-based prevention and treatment strategies; ensuring that UN agencies adequately support governments and civil society in countries severely affected by HIV; and pressing rich-country governments to live up to their pledges to help poor countries respond to the epidemic. The report, entitled UNAIDS: Preparing for the Future, is available here.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- Donors to the Global Fund meet in Caceres, Spain to review progress and assess funding needs
- PEPFAR releases its March newsletter
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- UN Head Urges Continued AIDS Funding (AFP)
- Zambia: AIDS Claimed 1,200 Lives in 2008 (All Africa)
- Uganda: HIV/AIDS Threatens Education Sector (Daily Monitor)
- HIV Units to Close in Mozambique (SAPA/Times of Zambia)
- Uganda: Health Ministry Intensifies HIV/AIDS Workplace Policy Venture (UgPulse.com)
- Global Fund Launches 'First Learning Wave' of National Strategy Applications (Global Fund Observer)
- New Study Confirms Male Circumcision Reduces the Risk of Sexual Disease, HIV (Voice of America)
