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 Human Resources Development, Employment and HIV/AIDS

Sub-cluster: HIV/AIDS
Objective: · To mainstream HIV/AIDS into all NEPAD sectoral programmes.

Action Plans | Activities | Expected Accomplishements | Indicators of Achievement | Achievements to date | Next Steps |

Action Plan

Facilitating the implementation and monitoring of the MDGs, UNGASS, and the Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS at the country, regional and continental levels and incorporation of HIV/AIDS into their priorities.

Activities

Country Level

  • Support to the establishment of a national NEPAD/AU unit (Friends of NEPAD) by utilizing MDG Afro-Info and CRIS as a test case for the popularization of NEPAD/AU at the country level through the UN resident coordinator in each country in order to strengthen and promote existing national mechanisms for the campaign against HIV/AIDS and other priorities of NEPAD/ Lead Agencies: UNCT, UNDP, UN Resident Coordinator and NEPAD Secretariat

  • Collectively Support the Assessment of Lessons Learned on VCT and PMTCT to Guide of VCT and PMTCT expansion, strengthening and documentation of best practice. Lead Agencies: UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS

  • Utilize existing reporting mechanism i.e. MDG, Child-Info and CRIS to monitor implementation. Lead Agencies: UNICEF, UNAIDS

Regional Level

  • Support review of the HIV/AIDS-food security relationship in the program of NEPAD: Lead Agency: FAO, Participating Agencies: UNAIDS, FAO, WFP, UNICEF, ECA (CHAGA).

  • Support establishment of a Database in the NEPAD/AU Secretariat with the UNAIDS/ICT and ECA facilitating the necessary capacity building for the Database. Lead Agencies: UNAIDS and ECA, Participating Agencies: ECA, UNAIDS, UNFPA and UNICEF, WHO and UNDP.

  • Support to mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS in all other clusters of the NEPAD programme through the review of existing documents of different clusters and a technical mission to undertake review and produce strategy document for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS. Lead Agencies: UNAIDS and ECA, Participating Agencies: WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, IOM and UNICEF.

  • Finalise report documentation on the implementation of Abuja Declaration, taking into account the clusters' strategy and activities as contained in the first draft of the report: Lead Agencies, ECA and UNAIDS

  • UNAIDS/ICT and ECA facilitating the capacity building for the Database

  • Participating Agencies: WHO, UNFPA, UNDP, IOM and UNICEF

  • Expected Accomplishements

  • Support NEPAD/AU link with the work done by the UN system and members that is consistent with NEPAD/AU.

  • Monitor country performance on HIV/AIDS through the NEPAD APRM.

  • Mainstream HIV/AIDS into NEPAD sectors

  • Enable all government institutions to undertake an AIDS audit and thereby plan their health provision, human resource and management strategies for the coming decade

  • Support the work of the commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa CHAGA/ECA and device a strategy of utilizing the recommendations of the commission.

  • Implementation of 3 by 5 programmes

  • Popularisation and implementation of the AU/NEPAD Health Strategy and Programme of Action

    Indicators of Achievement

  • Cluster consultation with NEPAD secretariat on the strategies and activities of the cluster.

  • Promotion of dialogue and information sharing through existing national mechanisms in the campaign against HIV AIDS and other NEPAD priorities.

  • Documentation of lessons learned on VCT and PMTCT

  • Cluster Report on Food Security and HIV/AIDS –

  • Establishment of Data Base for NEPAD Secretariat -

  • Technical Mission to review cluster activities towards mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in other NEPAD clusters –

  • Strategy document on mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in different NEPAD clusters

  • Monitoring indicators: UNICEF Childinfo; UNDP, MDGs monitoring project; UNAIDS statistical systems

    Achievements to date

  • The establishment of RIACSO by agencies in Southern Africa for joint work on HIV/AIDS was an important example of joint work, as was;

  • The HLCP decision on harmonizing work of the agencies, report on which has been shared with NEPAD/AU. Both experiences have been shared with NEPAD/AU and provide important examples of the benefits of such joint action for NEPAD/AU priority areas.

  • All agencies agreed on harmonizing their policies and programming on HIV/AIDS, and linking them to NEPAD priority areas.

  • Participating agencies and NEPAD agreed to include monitoring countries' performance on HIV/AIDS through the NEPAD APRM mechanism.

  • WHO/AU initiated dialogue with RECs on establishing of health desks at RECs and agreed on TOR with IGAD and ECOWAS.

  • Establishment of the Health Sub-Cluster.

Next Steps

  • Work towards mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into NEPAD sectors.

  • Policy support to develop country capacity for implementation of 3 by 5 programmes.

  • Through NEPAD, engage the APRM Secretariat on the process and actions to be taken towards monitoring country performance on HIV/AIDS through the NEPAD APRM.

  • Identify Best Practices for use as strategic information and basis for policy.

  • Collective establishment, jointly with the NEPAD/AU secretariat, of an information system to monitor, plan, follow-up, coordinate and network for information sharing between government and non formal structures.