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Special session on HIV/AIDS, local government and alliance general assembly (pdf 243kb)

This summary paper of the 2003 Africities Summit addresses the issue of decentralising responses to HIV/AIDS. The following questions were asked:

What is needed to expand the delivery of integrated HIV/AIDS related services and support systems, and what can, and should, local governments do?

At the Summit, the Alliance of Mayors and Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa and the United Nations AMICAALL Partnership Programme (UN APP) organised a half-day special session: "Decentralising Reponses to HIV/AIDS and Building Foundations for Scaling Up: Progress and Constraints."

Divided into four panels, this session examined the achievements and challenges local government leaders face in responding to HIV/AIDS in their communities. The issues addressed by the panels were:

1. Urbanisation and decentralisation
2. An alliance and AMICAALL update
3. Bridging the implementation gap
4. Partnerships and collaboration

 

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