Are the donors who spend billions of dollars on HIV/AIDS in developing countries missing opportunities to strengthen national health systems? To find out, CGD’s HIV/AIDS Monitor asked researchers in three countries with high levels of donor AIDS spending -- Mozambique, Uganda, and Zambia -- to assess the interaction between health systems and the three big AIDS donor programs: the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the World Bank’s Multi-County AIDS Program (MAP) in Africa, and the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria. The resulting report, Seizing the Opportunity on AIDS and Health Systems, is being released this week at the international AIDS conference in Mexico City. Nandini Oomman, director of the HIV/AIDS Monitor and the lead author of the report, explains the key findings in a Q&A.
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