Unit 3: Questions
Please answer each of the following questions. If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers.
- Which key international and regional declarations address HIV/AIDS? Why are they important, and what impact have they had since their development? How can they be used by Parliament in its response to the pandemic?
- Find out which of these declarations your respective governments have committed to and to what extent they are living up to these commitments.
- What are the key international strategies and approaches to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic? Which ones have been used in your country and what was the result?
- Which are the main major international funding mechanisms and how have they helped address HIV/AIDS?
- Which international and regional parliamentary networks or initiatives have addressed HIV/AIDS? Has your parliament been involved in any of these activities, or addresses HIV/AIDS in similar ways?
Select Bibliography:
2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, UNAIDS, 2008
ASAP Progress Report: June 01, 2008, World Bank, 2008
Beyond “ABC”: Helping Women Fight AIDS, by Janet Fleischman, Washington Post, June 29, 2004
Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: midway to the Millennium Development Goals - Report of the Secretary-General, United Nations General Assembly, April 2008
From Principle to Practice: Greater Involvement of People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS (GIPA). Best Practice Key Material, UNAIDS, 1999
Keeping the promise – Summary of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, 2002
HIV/AIDS Slowing in Africa with Help from NGOS, Drugs and Condoms, Press Release No: 2007/433/HDN, World Bank, 2007
Parliament, Politics and AIDS – A comparative study of Five African Countries, IDASA/ Parliamentary Centre, 2006
Partners in Impact - Results Report, the Global Fund, 2007
Preparing National HIV/AIDS Strategies and Action Plans - Lessons of Experience, World Bank, 2007
Taking Action Against HIV – A handbook for parliamentarians, IPU/UNAIDS/UNDP, 2007
The Africa Multi-Country AIDS Program 2000-2006 – Results of the World Bank’s Response to a Development Crisis, World Bank, 2007
The Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV (GIPA) – Policy Brief, UNAIDS, 2007
The International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights – 2006 Consolidated Version, OHCHR andUNAIDS, 2006
The Millennium Development Goals Report 2007, United Nations, 2007
The Power of Partnerships: Fourth Annual Report to Congress on PEPFAR, 2008
The “Three Ones” in action: Where we are and where do we go from here, UNAIDS, 2005
The World Bank’s Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa: Our Agenda for Action, 2007–2011, World Bank, 2008
Internet Resources:
International and Regional Declarations:
The United Nations Millennium Declaration:
www.un.org/millenniumgoals
The Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: www.unaids.org/en/AboutUNAIDS/Goals/UNGASS/default.asp
The Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: www.unaids.org/en/Conferences/2006HLM/default.asp
The World Summit Outcome Document:
www.un.org/summit2005
The Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS, TB and Other Infectious Diseases (2001): www.un.org/ga/aids/pdf/abuja_declaration.pdf
The Abuja Call for Universal Action (2006):
www.africa-union.org/root/au/conferences/past/2006/may/summit/doc/en/ABUJA_CALL.pdf
The Suva Declaration:
www.spc.int/ppapd/index.php
2008 High Level meeting on HIV/AIDS:
www.unaids.org/en/Conferences/2008HLM/
International Strategies to Address HIV/AIDS:
The Global Strategy Framework: www.unaids.org/en/KnowledgeCentre/Resources/Publications/PublicationsArchivePage6.asp
The WHO and UNAIDS “3 by 5” Initiative:
www.who.int/3by5/about/initiative
Universal Access by 2010:
www.who.int/hiv/universalaccess2010/en/
The “Three Ones”: www.unaids.org/en/CountryResponses/MakingTheMoneyWork/ThreeOnes/
The World Bank AIDS Strategy and Action Plan:
www.worldbank.org/ASAP
International Funding Initiatives:
The Global Fund: www.theglobalfund.org
PEPFAR: www.pepfar.gov
The World Bank MAP: www.worldbank.org/afr/aids/
Parliamentary Initiatives Against AIDS:
AWEPA: www.awepa.org
CAPAH: www.parlcent.ca/africa/CAPAH/index_e.php
CPA: www.cpahq.org/default.aspx?id=3132
IPU Advisory Group on HIV/AIDS: www.ipu.org/splz-e/unaids07/flyer.pdf
Parliamentarians for Global Action: www.pgaction.org
SADC PF: www.sadcpf.org/aids/index.php?disp=fiveyear.php
Other Internet Resources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President's_Emergency_Plan_for_AIDS_Relief
www.avert.org/abc-hiv.htm
www.avert.org/aidstarget.htm
www.awepa.org/awepa-news/new-ipu-handbook-for-parliamentarians_en.html
www.ipu.org/english/handbks.htm#aids07
www.positivelypositive.ca/articles/aids-declaration.html
www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/aids/News/abcfactsheet.html
www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2008/pr16/en/index.html
www.ipu.org/splz-e/haids07.htm
www.kaisernetwork.org
www.aegis.com/NEWS/AFP/2006/AF060510.html
Suggestions for further reading:
Follow-up to the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS 2007-2010 - Strategic Framework for UNAIDS support to countries' efforts to move towards universal access, UNAIDS, 2007
Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in Sectors & Programmes - An Implementation Guide for National Responses, UNAIDS, the World Bank and UNDP, 2005
Scaling-up the HIV/AIDS response: From alignment and harmonisation to mutual accountability, ODI Briefing Paper, 2006
What Parliamentarians Can Do About HIV/AIDS – Action for Children and Young People, UNICEF, 2003
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