UNAIDS: The First 10 Years

KenyaKenya – an early proponent of the “Three Ones”203Helen Nyawira and herteam of Youth Ambassadorsteach their peers HIV/AIDSawareness, Kenya.Sven Torfi nn/Panos.In the mid-1990s, in Kenya as in many other countries, stigma and denial about AIDSwere strong, there was limited engagement beyond the health sector, and considerableadvocacy was still needed to engage political leaders and foster high-level politicalcommitment. However, by the late 1990s, things were beginning to change. The drivefor a comprehensive, multisectoral response began in earnest when, in 2000, Kenyaembarked on its US$ 50 million, five-year, World Bank-supported, Multi-CountryHIV/AIDS Programme for Africa (MAP) project, one of the first on the continent.With the initiation of MAP, the national coordinating authority was established inthe Office of the President, and efforts to engage communities and key governmentsectors were initiated. Government, civil society, development partners and otherstakeholders started to come together with new unity in purpose.Kenya’s collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) onincluding HIV education in the curriculum of teachers’ training colleges was anearly example of multisectoral programming. In a number of (such) areas, UNAIDS