Track E Policy

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Track E Policy Political Sciences

• M Dhaliwal, S Baral, S Grote,
• A Brotherton, R Reynolds,
• S Clayton, F Daly, K Hawkins, N Geffen, T
  Anderson et al.

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Track E Stats

• 86 abstracts
• 46 Poster discussions
• 702 posters
• Numerous cross cutting, bridging and satellite
  sessions

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International Responses Funding (1)

• Levels of funding
• AIDS advocates have always been and will always
  be health advocates
• Where funding is allocated relative to HIV risk

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HIV Prevention Expenditure

• Data only available from UNGASS reports from 38
  countries
• Expenditures are likely lower when indicators on
  SW, IDU, MSM not included in
• UNGASS Reports
• This situation likely mirrors treatment
  expenditures for MSM, IDU, and SW

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International Responses Funding (2)

• Making the money work better
• Different models of getting resources to
  communities Collaborative Fund
• Alignment and harmonization??
• A new UN agency on women??
• Accountability
• Government
• Multilaterals - IMF
• Civil society including affected communities

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• I recommend a moratorium on new initiatives and
  meetings about them until we have met our
  existing commitments
• Mark Dybul, PEPFAR
• What is the value added of the International
  Health Partnership? We were doing all these
  things anyway.
• Cambodia

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Policy analysis, implementation evaluation (1)

• Policy show me the evidence??
• Death by pilot - Gerry Stimson
• Policy incoherence and lack of policy leadership
• Policy implementation gaps

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Policy analysis, implementation evaluation (2)

• Policy development processes
• Effective advocacy
• Advocacy and activism in the future

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• This was a conference of firsts
• A significant focus on womens rights and the
  SRHR of PLHIV
• A session which highlighted the intersections
  between race, AIDS and inequalities perhaps in
  2010 we will have the courage to speak about
  corruption and AIDS
• A plenary address on sex work given by a sex
  worker
• Some attention to transgender and indigenous
  issues
• One of the first global assessments of the
  systematic failure to respond to MSM epidemics -
  a gross violation of rights

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Human rights and law (2)

• A proliferation of highly useless laws which
  criminalise
• Transmission
• Disclosure
• Behaviours and practices
• Tackle the root causes which drive the demand for
  criminalisation

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Human rights and law (3)

• Intellectual property and trade - missing in
  action?
• Address societal attitudes to reduce stigma and
  discrimination a crucial element of ensuring
  human rights
• Provide legal services and improve access to
  justice
• Addressing social inequalities and oppression is
  critical for achieving benefits beyond desirable
  public health outcomes

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Vienna in 2010 Accountability Hope

• In 2006, Richard Horton challenged us to use
  these AIDS conferences as an accountability
  mechanism
• Universal Access by 2010!
• Human rights for all!

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