HIV/AIDS

National AIDS responses have proven to be most successful when they have moved beyond addressing HIV as only a health concern, and involved a wider range of sectors and stakeholders. Mainstreaming AIDS into development processes is an effective way to ensure that action on HIV is linked to national development efforts and poverty reduction strategies, while enabling diverse actors to use their comparative advantage to contribute to the AIDS response. UNDP supports appropriate integration of HIV issues and financing in national development instruments and poverty reduction strategies, strengthens assessment and implementation of strategies to mitigate socioeconomic impacts of AIDS and, in collaboration with the World Bank, supports the development of national AIDS strategies and action plans.