Key websites

Background

This section of the guide provides a background on NACs for those who may be less familiar with the concept or want a broad overview. Donors and governments may find this section particularly useful to obtain some necessary background quickly.

What are National AIDS Commissions?

A brief, general overview of NACs including some statistics on their presence globally.

History

This section aims to answer why NACs were created and what were their precursors?

International support for NACs

What was the nature of the international pressure that led to the creation of NACs?

Three Ones principles

What are the Three Ones principles and what was the process and who were the stakeholders that led to their creation?

Universal access

The drive for universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment has put pressure on NACs. this section explains the nature of this pressure.

Aid harmonisation and effectiveness

This section details how the International commitments to harmonise HIV/AIDS responses has impacted on NACs

Recommended Reading

Intensifying action against HIV/AIDS in Africa: responding to a development crisis: ( World Bank , 1999); Given the scale of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, it is no longer just a public health problem, it is a development crisis. This document introduces the Bank’s new strategy to combat the HIV/AIDS ep...
Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program for the Africa Region - Project Appraisal Document: ( World Bank , 2000); This document from the World Bank sets out the project plan for the multi-country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP) for the Africa Region. The MAP was set up in response to the weak effects national AIDS program...
Turning bureaucrats into warriors, preparing and implementing multi-sector HIV-AIDS programs In Africa - a generic operations manual: ( JC Brown;D Ayvalikli;N Mohammad / World Bank , 2004); This manual has been prepared to provide practical advice on preparing and implementing multi-sector programmes for countries engaged in tackling the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is aimed at national...
Committing to results: improving the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS assistance: ( Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank , 2005); This World Bank evaluation assesses the effectiveness of its country-level HIV and AIDS assistance. Findings show that political commitment is needed from all levels and efforts are needed to expand ...
“Three Ones” key principles:Coordination of national responses to HIV/AIDS - guiding principles for national authorities and their partners: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2004); This conference paper from UNAIDS sets out the “Three Ones”, three guiding principles that promote universal coordination between national authorities and their partners in tackling the gl...
Consultation on harmonisation of international AIDS funding: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2004); The “Three Ones” are guiding principles that promote universal coordination between national authorities and their partners in tackling the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. This report describes ...
Scaling-up the HIV/AIDS response: from alignment and harmonisation to mutual accountability: ( K. Buse; M. Sidibe; D. Whyms / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2006); This briefing paper, from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), argues that scaling-up towards universal access to treatment for HIV and AIDS depends on strengthening underlying processes upon whi...
Improving AIDS coordination among multilateral institutions and international donors: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2005); This report from the Global Task Team (GTT), a UNAIDS-led initiative that sets out to improve coordination among multilateral agencies and international donors responding to HIV/AIDS, aims to improve ...
Effectiveness of multilateral action on AIDS: Harmonized support to scaling up the national response: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2006); This report, prepared for the 18th Meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), focuses on practical implementation of the “Three Ones”, a set of guiding principles agreed by ...
Country Harmonisation and Alignment Tool (CHAT) - A tool to address harmonisation and alignment challenges by assessing strengths and effectiveness of partnerships in the national AIDS response: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2007); This guide from UNAIDS describes the UNAIDS Country Harmonisation and Alignment Tool (CHAT), a reporting tool used to address harmonisation and alignment issues in a countries’ national AIDS res...
Report of the Global Task Team independent assessment: ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2007); This report from UNAIDS assesses the implementation of the Global Task Team (GTT) recommendations in two key areas: technical support provision to the national AIDS response as brokered by the UN syst...
Paris declaration on aid effectiveness: ( Aid Harmonization & Alignment , 2005); Adopted at the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (March 2005) the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, has been prepared with broad participation from development practitioners, through a proce...