Update on Country Activities, Presented at the First Meeting of the Contact Group (UNAIDS, 2000, 61 p.): Slide 1: Roles of countries and the UN in accelerating access to care and support

Update on Country Activities, Presented at the First Meeting of the Contact Group (UNAIDS, 2000, 61 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Slide 1: Roles of countries and the UN in accelerating access to care and support
		Slide 2: A reminder of what we advocate: an essential care package
		Slide 3: PLUS: Care activities of intermediate complexity or cost
		Slide 4: PLUS: Care activities of high complexity or cost
		Slide 5: Country process
		Slide 6: Action plan
		Slide 7: Access to HIV-Related Drugs (UN Strategy)
		Slide 8: Swaziland
		Slide 9: Senegal
		Slide 10: Uganda
		Slide 11: Linkage with other UN initiatives
		Slide 12
		Slide 13

Slide 1: Roles of countries and the UN in accelerating access to care and support

Roles of countries and the UN in accelerating access to care and support

· Countries drive the process and are responsible for the implementation of their decisions

· The UN will assist countries, when they request so, with

- the identification of possible options
- the implementation of their chosen approaches

First I would like toreturn to a theme developed in the speech of Daniel Tarantola: the roles of countries and the UN.

Countries and governments are in the driver's seat of any activity to be developed or implemented as part of the Accelerating Access initiative. This is a fundamental principle that underpins our approach.

The UN will act as a facilitator.

A facilitator for situation analysis.

A facilitator helping to identify possible options as part of country strategies to increase access to care and support, and

A facilitator supporting countries in the implemenation of their chosen options.