HIV/AIDS: USAID and U.N. Response to the Epidemic in the Developing World: NSIAD-98-202.

HIV; AIDS; SEXUALLY transmitted diseases; COMMUNICABLE diseases; DISEASES

Despite the continued spread of HIV/AIDS in many countries, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has made important contributions to the fight against the disease. USAID-supported research helped to identify interventions proven to curb the spread of the virus that have become the basic tools for the international response to the epidemic. Applying these interventions, USAID projects have increased awareness of the disease; changed risky behaviors; and increased access to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and to condoms, which have helped to slow the spread of the disease in target groups. USAID managers are expected to closely monitor projects, but the major responsibility for internal financial management and control rests with recipient organizations. In its first two years of operation, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has made limited progress in achieving its goal of leading a broad-based, expanded global effort against HIV/AIDS. However, GAO did observe innovative activities that were implemented by cosponsor agencies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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