Global HIV Programs at the Crossroads

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How Can Donor Funding Be Optimized?

http://www.rand.org/congress/activities/2011/12/15/invite.html

Thursday, December 15, 2011
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

2168 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
*light refreshments will be provided*

Now more than ever, stretching available dollars to increase the number of people on treatment is crucial to ending the AIDS epidemic. AIDS Healthcare Foundation engaged the RAND corporation to review how PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria spend their money, to find new economies and efficiencies to increase treatment slots.

The results of this study will be presented at a Congressional briefing on Thursday, December 15. We hope you can attend.

About the Program

On World AIDS Day two weeks ago, President Obama announced a commitment to scale up treatment worldwide to 6 million HIV-positive people in need. But how can this global scale-up be achieved?

How can global HIV programs possibly hope to continue meeting an ever-growing need for services in the face of limited funding?

Come hear a briefing from one of the authors of a new RAND report that provides policy options and recommendations for the path forward.

  • The authors recommend focusing on efficiency of HIV funding and present specific changes through which existing resources might be better leveraged.
  • The report’s recommendations are based on an analysis of the two largest donor institutions: the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, to which the United States is the largest contributor.
  • The authors assert that, “given the substantial yet flat-lined funding available for HIV services, it becomes imperative to come up with creative ways to provide appropriate services to the largest possible number of people in need.” They also assert that funding decisions should be based on efficiency considerations and targeted to those activities with the highest payoffs. For instance, new evidence, such as the added benefit of treatment as prevention, needs to be taken into account. This would likely lead to increased priority for the scaling up of treatment to cover more people in need, in line with President Obama’s announcement the week before last.

How to Attend

Register online or contact Jill Brimmer at [email protected] or at (703) 413-1100, ext. 5299.


About RAND

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