UNAIDS: The First 10 Years

The challenges257HIV/AIDS awarenesssession in a school inPakistan.UNAIDS/J.MooreThe challenges: making the money workA major challenge – now and in the future – is to use the funding for AIDS effectively,if both comprehensive HIV prevention and treatment programmes are to meet the scaleof the need in many countries, and certainly if there is to be any chance of achievinguniversal access. The Global Task Team (see Chapter 7) was established in 2005 partlyto strengthen national responses through improved coordination, harmonization andtackling technical bottlenecks that hinder the response.‘Making the money work’, and thus achieving universal access to prevention andtreatment, also calls for a coherent response from all players and the implementationof the “Three Ones”. There has to be a focus on coordination among all the players –government, civil society, donors, etc. Some countries still have to develop a single,costed, evidence-based and inclusive national AIDS plan, nor have they ensured thenecessary link between AIDS activities and broader development frameworks.The Global Task Team also encourages all donors to align their support to countries’needs and priorities; these must come first. Programmes must be adapted to local needsand social and cultural contexts and serious investment in capacity is needed – of healthworkers in particular. A number of commitments and initiatives came from the Global