Capacity

Human resource capacity constraints, including for coordination of AIDS activities at sub-national levels, have been cited as a challenge to the effectiveness of NACs. Low salaries paid in the public sector have been cited as the most significant obstacle to building human resource capacity, alongside lack of personnel with the right skills and experience. UNAIDS reported in 2005 that only one of the 66 countries covered by their survey was found to have all of the human resource capacity necessary to fulfil their mandates, while only 9 per cent have sufficient capacity for coordination.(UNAIDS 2005). Some NACs have adopted salary structures based on the market and independent from the public sector.