Report on the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) brings together seven United Nations system
organizations to help the world prevent new HIV infections, care for those already infected and mitigate
the epidemic's impact. The UNAIDS Cosponsors are:

unicef
United Nations Children's Fund
&UN.UFRI
United Nations
Population Fund

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), acting within the framework of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
works with governments and nongovernmental organizations in the fields of health, nutrition, basic education, safer
water and sanitation to improve the lives of children, youth and women. It brings to UNAIDS its operational field capacity in over 160 countries. UNICEF's priority programme areas for HIV/AIDS focus on prevention of infection, especially
of adolescents, school AIDS education, children and families affected by AIDS, and mother-to-child HIV transmission.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works to increase understanding of the social and economic
impact of HIV/AIDS on development; to create effective gender-sensitive multisectoral HIV/AIDS policies and poverty
reduction strategies; and to strengthen institutional management, aid coordination and disbursement mechanisms.
UNDP advocates for increased development funding and for actions to break the silence surrounding the epidemic. It
promotes discussion and implementation of policies that integrate HIV/AIDS into national development strategies,
poverty reduction strategies and institutional reform. UNDP acts as an honest broker in bringing together effective
community-based programmes with potential sources of funding.
The mandate of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is, inter alia, to build the knowledge and capacity of
countries to respond to needs in the area of population, with a major focus on reproductive health, including family
planning and sexual health. UNFPA contributes to UNAIDS' mandate through its worldwide network of country offices;
its expertise in reproductive health promotion and service delivery; its experience in logistics and management of
reproductive health commodities, including condoms; and its experience in working with nongovernmental organizations, in organizing technical assistance and in strengthening national capacity-building.

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