International support for NACs
Building on international commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals, the first UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS in 2001 adopted a Declaration of Commitment, which declares AIDS a global catastrophe. The Declaration listed ten priority areas for action, including strong leadership at all levels. By 2003 the Declaration called for the development and implementation of multisectoral HIV/AIDS national strategies and financing plans for combating HIV/AIDS, involving partnerships with civil society and the private sector.
International support for multisectoral action intensified during the next couple of years. Significant efforts were also being made to scale-up the provision of antiretroviral treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. This re-focused attention on the need to strength health service delivery and led to UNAIDS and WHO announcing a target in 2003 to provide treatment to three million people in low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2005.
There was also a dramatic rise in international development assistance available for HIV/AIDS and the emergence of new donors. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created in 2002 (http://theglobalfund.org), and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) pledged to spend $15 billion over five years (2003-8) . The international community asked the question of how to make the money work and ensure the strong leadership advocated by UNGASS was effective. With the growing diversity of funding mechanisms, coordination of resources and players was identified as a critical issue.
International support for multisectoral action intensified during the next couple of years. Significant efforts were also being made to scale-up the provision of antiretroviral treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. This re-focused attention on the need to strength health service delivery and led to UNAIDS and WHO announcing a target in 2003 to provide treatment to three million people in low- and middle-income countries by the end of 2005.
There was also a dramatic rise in international development assistance available for HIV/AIDS and the emergence of new donors. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was created in 2002 (http://theglobalfund.org), and the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) pledged to spend $15 billion over five years (2003-8) . The international community asked the question of how to make the money work and ensure the strong leadership advocated by UNGASS was effective. With the growing diversity of funding mechanisms, coordination of resources and players was identified as a critical issue.
