Global Review Panel on the Future of the UNAIDS Joint Programme Model

GENERAL DISCUSSION

UNAIDS, the collective action of 11 UN organizations and the Secretariat, is a unique model that has promoted UN coordination and coherence around a global priority. UNAIDS plays specific roles within an “AIDS ecosystem” that includes people living with HIV, national AIDS programmes, health systems, civil society, the private sector, faith-based organizations and many others.

• UNAIDS sets the global agenda on AIDS and stimulates leadership to achieve this agenda at country level.
• UNAIDS collects data from countries, analyzes this data to monitor the epidemic and the response and engages in evidence-informed advocacy.
• UNAIDS provides normative guidance and technical expertise to national AIDS responses.
• UNAIDS promotes human rights, gender equality and the meaningful engagement of civil society.

As well as the specific questions on three fundamental pillars of UNAIDS—joint working, governance, and financing and accountability—participants in the virtual consultation are asked by the Global Review Panel to respond to the following overarching questions about UNAIDS, based on their own experience:

GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. In what areas does UNAIDS excel and add particular value to the AIDS response—globally, regionally and at country level?
2. How can UNAIDS work better as a Joint Programme to support communities, countries and partners to end the AIDS epidemic?
3. How can UNAIDS improve the quality of the way it works, across the UN and the AIDS ecosystem, to deliver results for people in the era of Agenda 2030?

USEFUL LINKS

• 11 UN Cosponsoring organizations