Update on Country Activities, Presented at the First Meeting of the Contact Group (UNAIDS, 2000, 61 p.): Slide 7: Access to HIV-Related Drugs (UN Strategy)

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 7: Access to HIV-Related Drugs (UN Strategy)

Access to HIV-Related Drugs
(UN Strategy)

· Rational selection and use

- e.g. through treatment guidelines based on evidence on drug efficacy, safety, quality, cost

· Affordable prices

- Information - competition - negotiation - reduction of duties, taxes, and distribution costs

· Sustainable financing

- Additional - not from prevention

· Reliable health and supply systems

- E.g through improved distribution systems for drugs, accreditation of health facilities, and quality assurance

The plan would indicate which approaches the government would use to make drugs more affordable,

but also

1. How their rational use will be supported, e.g. through training of health care workers, and the creation of an enabling environment that maximises adherence to therapy,
2. How the health system and the purchase of drugs will be financed, and
3. And how the health system would be strengthened to deliver services of an increased complexity to more clients.

These areas are also part of the UN strategy on access to drugs, described in one of your background papers.