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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The expanding role of civil society in the global HIV/AIDS response: What has the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief's role been?
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Volume 60, No. SUPPL.3, Year 2012
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Civil society has been part of the HIV/AIDS response from the very beginning of the epidemic, often becoming engaged before national governments. Traditional roles of civil society-advocacy, activism, serving as government watchdog, and acting as community caretaker-have been critical to the response. In addition, civil society organizations (CSOs) play an integral part in providing world-class HIV prevention and treatment services and helping to ensure continuity of care. The President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has significantly increased the global scale-up of combination antiretroviral therapy reaching for more than 5 million people in developing countries, as well as implementation of effective evidence-based combination prevention approaches. PEPFAR databases in 5 countries and annual reports from a centrally managed initiative were mined and analyzed to determine the numbers and types of CSOs funded by PEPFAR over a 5-year period (2006-2011). Data are also presented from Uganda showing the overall resource growth in CSO working for HIV. Case studies document the evolution of 3 indigenous CSOs that increased the capacity to implement activities with PEPFAR funding. A legacy of PEPFAR has been the growth of civil society to address social and health issues as well as recognition by governments that partnerships with beneficiaries and civil society result in better outcomes. Scale-up of the global response could not have happened without the involvement of civil society and people living with HIV. This game changing partnership to jointly tackle the problems that countries face may well be the greatest benefit emerging from the HIV epidemic. Copyright © 2012 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Authors & Co-Authors
Coutinho, Alex G.
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Roxo, Uchechi
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Epino, Henry M.
United States, Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
United States, Boston
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Muganzi, Alex M.
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University
Dorward, Emily
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Pick, Billy
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/QAI.0b013e31825d0383
ISSN:
15254135
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Uganda