Our work in HIV and AIDS is built on our internationally recognised
expertise in health systems. We remain committed to helping
integrate prevention, treatment and care into broader health
systems development. We also support coordination of
responses across sectors and funding sources.
The issue
The field of HIV and AIDS is very fast moving. In recent years
there has been renewed action to tackle the disease through
reductions in prices of anti retroviral therapies for treatment,
and through the development of global health partnerships and large
scale bilateral and multilateral programmes which have made huge
sums of money available to fight AIDS.
Despite the transformation in financing HIV and AIDS programmes,
many countries are still struggling to develop comprehensive
policies and responses. There are many reasons for this, but some
of the problems stem from:
- weak health systems: common in many high prevalence
countries and which can severely challenge a country’s ability to
scale up and deliver treatment;
- national institutions responsible for HIV and AIDS: such
as National AIDS Commissions which are tasked with coordinating the
AIDS response but often don’t have the mandate or capacity to
deliver this;
- country-led processes: the challenges of ensuring
financing, monitoring and evaluation processes for new sources of
funding use and develop existing country systems.
Our work
Our focus is on:
- supporting the development, implementation and monitoring of
multi-sectoral responses in HIV and AIDS;
- working with private sector providers and supporting the
business response to AIDS;
- evaluating and reviewing existing aid architecture that is
supporting the harmonisation and coordination of national HIV and
AIDS responses;
- supporting multi-lateral agendas including the work of the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria.
Our team
Our HIV and AIDS team supports the work of both HLSP and the
HLSP Institute. The team’s technical specialists have extensive
experience of working in high prevalence countries and skills in
health systems development, HIV and AIDS treatment and care, and
reproductive health policies and planning.
Jackie Mundy Lead Specialist, HIV/AIDS
Clare Dickinson HIV/AIDS Specialist
