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An Expert Consultation on Costing HIV Responses in Asia-Pacific was held from 28 to 29 October 2010 for expert developers and users to assess the usefulness of various costing tools for different purposes, as well as their comparability and complementarities. The meeting outcomes were intended to support the HIV National Strategic Planning process and Global Fund (and other) proposal development at a time when resources are expected to decline, so that countries must prioritize and implement the most cost-effective programmes. Download this publication |
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This note is intended as a short summary of the recent consultation to share immediately with partners to indicate meeting outcomes and action points while the extended meeting report is finalized. |
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Despite tremendous progress made over a period of 30 years, AIDS remains a serious global health issue. Current epidemiological evidence indicates that certain population groups consistently shoulder a disproportionate disease burden when compared to adults in the general population. Men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women have recorded exponentially higher HIV prevalence rates in nearly every country where reliable data is available. However, there is a paucity of information regarding AIDS investments reaching these two vulnerable groups for the scale-up of targeted and quality HIV-related services. Download this publication |
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The project will contribute to the national development goals of the Interim Afghanistan National Development Strategy (I-ANDs) o f maintaining Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence below 0.5 percent in the general population and below 5 percent among vulnerable groups at high risk of infection. Download this publication |
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In the four months since the High-Level Meeting on “The Global Response to AIDS: Making the Money Work – The Three Ones in Action” on March 9th 2005, the estimates for the AIDS resource needs have been refined and updated. The revisions are based on newly available information and invaluable input from the recently formed Resource Needs Steering Committee and the Resource Needs Technical Working Group. Download this publication |
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In many respects, Cambodia has made exceptional progress in addressing HIV/AIDS since it was first detect- ed in 1991. While the estimated number of new infections grew to reach almost 15,500 annually in the early 1990s, it had been reduced to about 2,100 by 2009. Download this publication |
 | HIV has devastated numerous countries in sub-Saharan Africa and is a dominant health force in many other Source: Amico P, Aran C, Avila C (2010) HIV Spending as a Share of Total Health Expenditure: An Analysis of Regional Variation in a Multi-Country Study. PLoS ONE 5(9): e12997. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012997 Download this publication |
| According to the latest available estimates, there are currently about 2.5 million people living with HIV or AIDS in India, corresponding to a HIV prevalence rate of 0.36 percent for the population ages 15–49 (IIPS 2007). While HIV prevalence thus remains relatively low, there are sev- eral factors that are unique to India’s HIV epidemic, and need to be taken into account when assessing the impact of HIV and AIDS. Download this publication |
