HIV and AIDS Publications

Tackling Political Barriers to End AIDS (5/18/07)

While no cure exists, antiretroviral therapy is known to save lives and prevent mothers from transmitting the disease to their unborn children. Why then do 75% of HIV positive people and 90% of HIV positive pregnant women lack access to antiretrovirals?

Proposing a Funding Plan for Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care by 2010 (5/16/07)

Two years on from the commitment by world leaders to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment and care by 2010, the global response to HIV and AIDS remains woefully under funded.

Delivering the 2010 Target: Financing Universal Access to HIV and AIDS Treatment (10/1/06)

The G8’s commitment to achieve universal access to HIV and AIDS treatment is destined to fail unless the UK and other donors bridge the $8.1 billion funding gulf that currently exists between what is needed and what is actually spent on HIV and AIDS.

Girl Power: Girls' Education, Sexual Behaviour and AIDS in Africa (8/14/06)

This report shows how girls educated to secondary and tertiary levels are more likely to wait before having sex, are much more likely to use condoms when they do have sex, and are therefore at much less risk of contracting HIV.

3… 2… 1… Gone? Failure to Call Global Fund Round 6 Risks the Whole 2010 AIDS Treatment Target (4/11/06)

Global Fund funding rounds are becoming further and further apart due to the failure of donors to commit enough resources. If Round 6 is delayed until 2007 or even later, the G8’s treatment target will not be possible.

Deadly Inertia. A Cross country study of educational responses to HIV/AIDS. (01.11.2005)

This report charts the educational responses to HIV and AIDS in 18 countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America. In 2004, education coalitions and HIV/AIDS coalitions came together to discuss their Ministry of Education’s responses, as well as their own.

Four Years after Abuja: More Action Required on Spending Commitments! (15.10.2005)

This report from ActionAid International, Africa region, looks at progress since the 2001 African Union summit on AIDS where leaders committed to spend 15% of their national budgets on health.

Where's the money? Towards transparency in UK AIDS expenditure. (01.09.2005)

As the second largest bilateral donor for HIV & AIDS interventions, the UK has a responsibility for greater transparency. This report analyses 2003/04 expenditure and demonstrates a need for the Government to improve it’s reporting by providing more detailed data.

Square Pegs, Round Holes, and Why You Can't fight HIV & AIDS with Monetarism. (01.03.2005)

Briefing on how the International Monetary Fund is blocking progress in the fight againts HIV & AIDS.

Life skills-based education for HIV prevention: a critical analysis. (01.01.2005)

The report brings together critical thinking from the fields of public health and education to understand some of the challenges in using life skills education for HIV prevention.

Addressing the educational needs of orphans and vulnerable children. (01.10.2004)

This report describes the educational disadvantage faced by children who are affected by HIV/AIDS and offers a spectrum of responses to mitigate against the impact of AIDS on children and their education.

Blocking Progress: How the Fight against HIV & AIDS is Being Undermined by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. (01.09.2004)

Report exploring the logic of IMF loan conditions to developing countries and why the IMF insists that keeping inflation low is more important than increasing public spending to fight HIV & AIDS

Approaches to estimating the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers. (01.02.2004)

This report attempts to draw together the different approaches to understanding the impact of HIV/AIDS on teachers: highlighting the key methodological issues and consequent gaps and recommendations.

Low Credit: a report on the World Bank’s response to HIV & AIDS in developing countries. (01.01.2004)

Report looking at the response to the HIV & Aids crisis by the World Bank as a key member of the international donor/lending community.

UK AIDS Aid: an analysis of DFID HIV & AIDS expenditure. (01.12.2003)

This first annual report of DFID HIV & AIDS expenditure collates available evidence to determine how much the UK government spent on HIV & AIDS in developing countries and countries in transition from 1998/99 through 2002/03.

The best chance we have: the global fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria. (16.06.2003)

Paper providing an analysis of the strengths of the Global Fund and highlights concerns that must be addressed in order to garner increased support

Sound of Silence: difficulties in communicating on HIV/AIDS in schools. (01.03.2003)

This report summarises findings from research in Kenya and India into some of the difficulties facing teachers, communities and students in teaching about HIV and AIDS.