Description/achievement of initiative
UNAIDS is a leader in the global AIDS response, with the unique ability to address HIV from multiple perspectives, and draw on the experience and expertise of its 11 cosponsors.UNAIDS partners with the UN system, governments, people living with HIV, civil society, the private sector, financing institutions, academia, science, the media and influential public figures. At the country level, UNAIDS promotes coherent action to support an effective national AIDS response. UNAIDS was ‘Delivering as One’ a decade before the UN reform was piloted, and works to increase coordination and collaboration at all levels.
Implementation methodologies
UNAIDS leverages the contribution of the AIDS response for larger health, development, peace and human rights achievements:- Helps scarce resources go further, supporting strategic investments.- Works with countries in applying an investment approach by focusing on priority areas, populations and interventions where cost-effective impact can be best achieved- Helps build the capacity of national actors to create enabling legal environmentsUNAIDS has combined Science and Politics to mobilize political support and resources
Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer
Coordination mechanisms/governance structure
Partner(s)
UNHCR
UNICEF
WFP
UNDP
UNFPA
UNODC
UN Women
ILO
UNESCO
WHO
The World Bank