Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine Policy Briefs

Effects of the global fund HIV/AIDS programmes in Ukraine

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 06:26:28 PST

Ukraine has one of the highest and most rapidly growing rates of HIV/AIDS in Europe with estimated numbers of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) reaching 400,000 in 2008. Since 2003 several Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) have committed to providing over US$ 300 million towards the control of HIV/AIDS in Ukraine. These funding mechanisms have had a significant impact on the availability of services for PLWHA and populations at risk of being infected. GHIs have also had an impact on the health system including on human resources, governance and management capacity, and on nongovernmental providers of HIV/AIDS services. This policy brief highlights the effects of the largest external funder of HIV/AIDS programmes in Ukraine, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and provides recommendations to improve the effectiveness of future funding and increase accessibility of HIV/AIDS services. It is based on research conducted in 2006-2008 in three regions: Kyiv, Odessa and L’viv.

The Impact of Global Health Initiatives in Kyrgyzstan

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:53:54 PST

This policy brief shows the effects of two global health initiatives - the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) and the World Bank’s Central Asia AIDS Project (CAAP) - at national and sub-national levels, including the effects on HIV/AIDS service scale-up, human resources, access to HIV/AIDS services and coordination.

Global Health Initiatives and Human Resources for HIV/AIDS Services in Malawi, Uganda and Zambia

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:36:55 PST

In most sub-Saharan African countries, a region where just 3% of the world’s health workforce treat and care for 25% of the global disease burden, significant investment in Human Resources for HIV/ AIDS services (HR) is required. This briefing paper summarises the effect that scale-up of funds from three GHIs – the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and the World Bank Multi-country AIDS Program (MAP) – has had on HR in 3 countries: Malawi, Uganda and Zambia. Drawing on primary data from country studies conducted by researchers from the Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network (GHIN), this briefing paper focuses on a set of interrelated HR components: numbers of health workers, workload, training, and incentives and motivation.

Funding and scale-up of HIV / AIDS services in Zambia

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:37:00 PST

This policy brief describes the funding for HIV/AIDS in Zambia focusing on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS relief (PEPFAR), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) and the World Bank Multi Country AIDS program (MAP). It highlights the impact of this funding on scale-up of HIV/AIDS services and on non-HIV/AIDS services in Zambia.

Global HIV / AIDS initiatives and coordination, reporting and evaluation of HIV/AIDS programmes.

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:19:39 PST

This policy brief describes the effectiveness of national and district level coordination structures and monitoring and evaluation systems in Zambia and the extent to which GHIs have engaged with these, and/or created new structures and systems for HIV/AIDS programmes. The overall study, whose fieldwork was conducted in 2007 and 2008, explored the effects of three GHIs on the Zambian health system: the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), the World Bank’s Multi-country AIDS Program (MAP) and the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Global HIV / AIDS Initiatives and Human Resources for Health in Zambia

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:28:11 PST

This policy brief shows how the rapid scale-up of HIV / AIDS services has affected human resources for health in Zambia. It focuses on health worker numbers and trends, workloads, retention and training. It is based on research conducted in three districts in Zambia: Lusaka and Kabwe (urban districts) and Mumbwa (rural district). The overall study explored the effects of three GHIs on the Zambian health system: the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the World Bank's Multi-country AIDS Program (MAP) and the United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

Tracking global HIV / AIDS initiatives and their effects on the health system in Zambia.

Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:56:42 PST

This policy brief shows the impact of three global health initiatives - the World Bank Multi Country AIDS program (MAP), the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) and the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)- at national and sub-national levels in Zambia, including the effects on scale up of focal (HIV/AIDS) and non-focal health services, human resources for health, coordination and governance.