The secretariat of the Health Financing Task Force at the Results for Development Institute prepared this paper for the 25th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board to evaluate the impact of the global financial crisis on HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries.
The report analyzes survey data collected from 63 Country Coordinators and 458 Civil Society Organizations, and a series of 12 country case studies. The analyses show that the global economic crisis is having a real and tangible negative effect on HIV programs in many low and middle-income countries. This effect is compounded by other independent trends in global HIV spending, including the slowing rate of increase in donor contributions. The report encourages global cooperation in addressing the effects of the crisis and recommends several mitigation strategies, including better targeting to protect priority services and populations, seeking greater efficiencies in existing HIV/AIDS programs, and mobilizing additional and predictable resources.
