Publications | HIV/AIDS and Human Development
Integrating
AIDS into PRSPs: A Review of Experiences
This report is a progress review of the experiences of the seven countries participating
in the first round of the Joint UNDP, World Bank and UNAIDS Secretariat Programme to strengthen
capacity in integrating AIDS into poverty reduction strategies. The seven countries are Ethiopia,
Ghana, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia. The country experiences shared in
this report provide strategies and possibilities for strengthening the integration of AIDS
at all stages of the Poverty Reduction Strategy process. Download
the pdf.
Mainstreaming
HIV and AIDS in Sectors and Programmes: An Implementation Guide for
National Responses
This
guide aims to stimulate action and promote a programmatic approach
to mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in sectors allowing sector programmes to
incorporate HIV/AIDS action in their regular functions and annual
institutional budget cycles. This step-by-step guide is a practical
resource tool to support the implementation of national AIDS Frameworks
and is primarily directed at national policy makers, development planners
and HIV/AIDS focal points in sector ministries and local governments.
It is also a useful capacity development resource for the private
sector, trade unions and civil society organisations.
HIV/AIDS
and Human Development: Thematic Guidance Note
This
document provides guidance for the preparation of NHDRs focusing on
HIV/AIDS. The aim of the guidelines is to support preparation of NHDRs
that promote implementation of effective strategies to reverse the spread
of the epidemic—strategies that address individual, societal and
institutional factors that impact the growth of HIV/AIDS.
Online Toolkit:
Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into Country Programmes
This Toolkit presents a range of concepts, methods and tools for reviewing
and integrating HIV into UNDP supported country programs and approaches
to solving problems that are likely to be encountered. The purpose of
this toolkit is to provide participants with basic concepts in organizational
learning and change, systems thinking, strategic thinking and planning
so as to facilitate a clear understanding of the interlocking challenge
of HIV and AIDS, poverty and disaster.
Making
Global Trade Work for People
Chapter 11 of this 2003 book on international trade and human rights
deals with TRIPS in the contexts of public health and developing countries.
One sidebar features a synopsis of the history of TRIPs and the intersection
of trade and IP rights. The author also explains how the Doha Declaration
reaffirms the right of developing countries to interpret the TRIPS Agreement
through a public health perspective. Brazil is offered as a case study.
UNDP
Policy Note: HIV/AIDS and Poverty Reduction Strategies:
Word document available in : English
/ French
/ Spanish
This note provides policy guidance on the important challenge of integrating
HIV/AIDS priorities into poverty reduction strategies, including Poverty
Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). It proposes nine policy areas that
UNDP and its partners must focus on as a matter of priority.
HIV/AIDS:
Implications for Poverty Reduction, 2001
This
2001 Policy Paper was created for the 2001 UNGASS session. It’s
purpose is to explore how UNDP’s work can help counteract the
developmental impact of the epidemic. Firstly, the paper describes the
devastating and multifaceted socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS, well
beyond the tragedy of illness and death. Secondly, it identifies priorities
for action in coping with this impact.
