Debt Relief and AIDS - Slides (UNAIDS, 2000, 9 p.): Uganda as a second example

Debt Relief and AIDS - Slides (UNAIDS, 2000, 9 p.)

		(introduction...)
		A strong response to AIDS in Africa will be costly
		Debt Crisis in Africa
		Example: Zambia’s Debt Burden
		Debt Relief: Can It Help Africa with AIDS?
		Role of UNAIDS: Poverty, HIV/AIDS, Debt
		Mozambique as an example
		Uganda as a second example
		Social Funds: An Untapped Source for AIDS?

Uganda as a second example

· Enhanced HIPC approved: $70 m. annual savings
· HIV/AIDS given highest priority at March 2000 Consultative Group Meeting
· Pres. Museveni declares AIDS as a “security crisis”
· Uganda AIDS Commission proposes Scaling Up Action Agenda
· Poverty Action Fund, channel for HIPC savings, broadened to cover HIV/AIDS; AIDS economist to join Min Finance Poverty Unit