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UNAIDS is Sierra Leone and Liberia continue to lead the national response in a number of ways:
1) At country level, UNAIDS remains the thought leader and is consulted on all major decisions on the AIDS response. Working with co-sponsors, PEPFAR and Global Fund, UCOs work to domesticate and implement global guidance on the AIDS response.
2) Annually, UCOs support countries to compile Country estimates and AIDS report, that feeds into the Global AIDS response, which help to effective monitor the national AIDS response
3) Routinely, UCOs support capacity of government institutions and community-led organizations to introduce innovative interventions to accelerate the ambitious Global AIDS targets and redefining the strategic needs of the national AIDS response.
4)Advocating for high level national leadership, ownership and commitment for the national response and support established institutions to deliver on high level commitments
5) Communities remain at the heart of the national response. UCOs continue to facilitate and create opportunities for community leadership, response, monitoring and advocacy particularly on human rights, addressing stigma and discrimination and community service delivery.
6 UCOs also support strategic information generation through routine monitoring of the national AIDS response. The conduct of including IBBSS, ART studies, NASA, operations research, DQA, trend analysis on populations and geographical locations facilitates programmatic decisions for programme improvement.

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UNAIDS plays a unique pivotal role in Iran. By strategic partnership w the government, CSOs, donors including multilateral organizations and communities thru various means and in different settings, UNAIDS advocate and mobilize financial and programmatic resources for the national response. By advocating with and influencing partners, UNAIDS ensures national ownership and sustainability of the response. UNAIDS supports national efforts in generating strategic info and evidence and timely monitoring for sound decision making and programming. UNAIDS mobilizes UNCT/RC in support to the cause and mobilizing resources. UNAIDS is the main partner in development of NSP and GF programmes.

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UCO is a crucial convening space where different stakeholders, starting from MoH and NAP, NGOs, communities, UNJT, CCM, etc. benefit from coordination, technical assistance, mediation, etc. We provide strategic direction but also a bridge between different stakeholders. UCO also helps the national response actors identify levers and gaps to be addressed based on strategic information but also reminds them of commitments made in the framework of the global strategy. We coordinate the UNJT and the UN in general reponse to HIV at the country level. UCO identifies potential partnerships and resource mobilization.

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UNAIDS priorities need to be contextualised and therefore the first step is to analyse relevant county data (or use relevant data from elsewhere) and use the result of the analysis to develop an advocacy plan that targets relevant stakeholders.  This will include:

1.       Engaging the Resident Coordinators office to enable them advocate relevant UNAIDS objectives with high level government, donor, civil society, private sector entities as relevant.

2.       Engaging UNCT and H6 or relevant Cosponsors, to enable them to promote the UNAIDS objectives in different platforms such as the health development partners meetings, health sector steering committee, health sector working group, CCM, Technical Working Groups etc.

3.       Directly engage relevant personnel of the NAC, Ministries, CSO, development partners, and other high-level institutions on the objectives of the UNAIDS objectives.

I also mobilise technical support through the UNAIDS/TSM, co-sponsors, other development partners to support the development and implementation of the necessary policies and programmes to further the UNAIDS objectives.

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In Zambia, I have used different entry points to bring UNAIDS programmatic objectives using the Global AIDS Strategy Pillars and areas.

1.    Building strategic Partnerships with Government, CSOs, Private sector, Cooperating Partners, UN system to position HIV/AIDS as a National Priority

2.  Support the Government and CSOs to generate strategic Information for better advocacy, Influencing and Strategic Planning of HIV/AIDS response by keeping the response people centered and inclusive to ensure Key Populations are included.

3.  Advocate and Influencing UN RC and Heads of Cosponsors UN agencies to position HIV/AIDS in the relevant outputs of the UN Sustainable Cooperation Framework based on Zambia development Priorities.

4.  Provide leadership, Technical and Financial resources to Zambia Government and CSOs to mobilize resources particularly from GFATM, PEPFAR and other bilateral.

As results of these efforts : 1) Zambia 8th National Development Plan (2022-2026) has integrated HIV/AIDS as a strategic area with Clear programs linked with the Global Aids Strategy 2) 2023-2023 Zambia HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework is based on recent Evidence and is in line with the Global AIDS strategy and the 2021 Political Declaration with a clear Monitoring Evaluation Framework 3) The 2023-2027 UN sustainable Development Framework has integrated HIV/AIDS and a 5 Years Joint program on HIV/AIDS under development 4) Technical and Financial support has been provided to submit 2024-2026 Proposal to GFATM and also COP 23 submitted to PEPFAR just to mention these big Contributors 5) CSOs projects are supported collectively with UN cosponsors to support Community Response.

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As the UNAIDS Country Director in Morocco, here's how I put UNAIDS's programmatic objectives forward:

Partnerships: I work to establish and strengthen partnerships with government agencies, NGOs, international donors, and civil society. These collaborations improve the effectiveness of our initiatives.

Policy Advocacy: I work with stakeholders to influence health and social policies that meet the needs of people affected by HIV/AIDS.

Capacity Building: I aim to enhance the capacity of healthcare providers and community organizations to provide high-quality services.

Program Implementation and Oversight: I support to oversee the implementation of UNAIDS programs in Morocco, monitor their effectiveness, and make the necessary adjustments.

Promotion of Data Use: I work to enhance the use of strategic information for evidence-based programming and decision-making.

Resource Mobilization: Finally, I actively engage in mobilizing resources to ensure sufficient funding for our programs.

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- facilitate dialogue and discussions and involvement of all stakeholders into the process, with specific focus on communities, people living with HIV, young people and women
- development of national priorities in participatory manner
- engage and support efforts of communities and build their capacity
- coordinate and facilitate the work of the joint UN team
- advocate and promote human rights principles especially towards communities and people living with HIV
- mobilise additional resources for HIV programmes

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I take forward the UNAIDS programmatic objectives ensuring that we act in a
1) By jointly convening and supporting the coordination of all stakeholders including our joint team are present from the design, implementation to the sharing of results and in decision-making at all levels. Our joint programme is developed in agreement with cosponsor and the RC.
2) Mainting and strengthening existing partnerships with civil society, private sector, government at all levels, academia, bilateral and multilateral donors and new partnerships beyond the health sector to support a multisectoral approach to the global AIDS strategy at country level.
3) Support countries to collect data on the epidemic and response so that they understand where gaps exist and progress made as allow partners to hold each other and government accountable for the political declaration commitments.
4) Advocating for with leadership at all levels on universal access to health and rights for all so that no one living with and affected by HIV and AIDs are left behind.
5) Mobilizing resources to catalytic actions that demonstrate the power of community-led responses, supporting civil society and human rights defenders to speak on critical platforms nationally, regionally and globally. Demonstrating to donors the impact of their resources and why they need to continue/increase resources to end AIDS by 2030.

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This requires constant stirring of the 6 different pots of programme objectives! Using our new ways of working to ensure that all of our partners are kept up to date – informed of opportunities – positioned to assist across all of the stakeholders. For me this is about constantly joining the dots between these objectives – identifying gaps – linking partners to opportunities – guiding the response and the players in the response at different levels and in many different ways.

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Ensuring that UNAIDS (Secretariat) is being true to and taking full advantage of its uniqueness as a Joint Programme. Mobilizing and working in close partnership with key cosponsors to address the epidemic and challenges in the country. Identifying opportunities to highlight HIV-related issues as part of the UNCT’s work and seizing strategic opportunities for the RC to help amplify our joint messages with high level government officials (beyond the health sector), donors and and other partners.

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To ensure the multisectoral nature of the national response to HIV and AIDS, the Government created in 2000 the National Council to Combat AIDS (CNCS), the coordinating body for the implementation of the national strategy to combat AIDS, which is supported by an Executive Secretariat, an effective management authority and the promotion of activities arising from the implementation of the strategic plan for the response to HIV and AIDS.

The CNCS is our first interlocutor in the country in addition to the civil society organizations with whom we work closely. We are also making efforts to join the academic sector and private companies in the fight. There are many other actors and volunteers increasingly believing in the possibility of ending HIV/AIDS as a public health problem in the coming years.

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The MCO has identified our comparative advantage given the varying needs, partners, and realities in each of the countries we support. However common in approach in the three countries are (1) Leading with evidence and community engagement - it is central for us to ensure we have the right people and as much information at the table to inform how best to move forward; (2) Leveraging on the joint programme - the cosponsors amplify the work of each individual agency around the table, and it is important to have a cohesive unit to advocate, implement, and mobilize as one to further our impact; (3) Be proactive for the needs in the future by catalysing the needed change and partnerships - MCO must play that strategic role to see the big picture and be ready for what is next so that the HIV response and partners are ready to address it, whether it be sustainability plans, innovative approaches / interventions, or working with different partners; (4) Raising the visibility of and commitment to the HIV response - it is imperative that the MCO play this role to keep HIV on the high level political agenda and support the countries in achieving their targets

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-Advocate with key government sectors and leadership for active engagement in the HIV response within their mandate and provide technical support for them to identify their niche and strategic entry points. - Build partnerships with, and among key stakeholders especially between CSOs and government sectors to work complementarily. - Engage closely with CSOs to support and augment their advocacy efforts to address stigma and discrimination, violations of human rights and ensure access to services by key population. - Provide strategic guidance and direction during strategic planning and resource allocation discussions. Generate and use evidence to influence policy discussions and reform. - Unite the UN system efforts on HIV and ensure a coordinated technical support to the HIV program based on division of labor. - Mobilize new and innovative partnerships that will add value to the robustness and sustainability of the HIV program.

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At country level and as a UNAIDS Country Director, I coordinate the UN agencies efforts through the Joint Program to support the country response to the HIV pandemic. My role is to strengthen and enhance and coordinate the co-sponsors contribution to the national AIDS response. I play a high level advocacy towards the government to maintain and position HIV/AIDS among the country political agenda and key priorities. My role is also to mobilize the needed technical support to empower the government institutions and the civil society organizations for greater response to HIV. The support to financial resources mobilization is among the UCD core priorities. Generating data to guide the AIDS response is critical for the better allocation and use of the resources with high impact. As UCD, I have to be at the frontline of combatting inequalities and voice for the voiceless. I also have to help the country to define strategic and inclusive vision to implement a holistic HIV response including the key populations, young women, girls and adolescent's specific needs.

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(1) Engage and advocate with high-level government, civil society leaders and other key stakeholders to sustain political commitment and translate it into an inclusive, multi-sectoral transformative and sustainable HIV response that leaves no one behind.

(2) Engage and support communities and their meaningful engagement in health, social protection, and human rights strategies and mechanisms.

(3) Represent UNAIDS and participate in the UN Country Team to ensure effective coordination of efforts to reach the HIV targets as set in national and international frameworks.

(4) Advocate for and facilitate policies and programmes to scale-up provision and uptake of services for all including National Strategic Plans.

(5) Identify ‘game-changers’, promote innovations, scale up community-led responses, develop high-impact opportunities, initiatives and non-traditional partnerships.

(6) Lead advocacy and efforts towards resource mobilization and investment optimization towards sustaining AIDS response UN system effectiveness.
(7) Promote effective use of strategic information to better understand and track the epidemic and its trends, and to measure progress and sustainable impact of the response.
(8) Broker authoritative technical advice to national partners and policymakers.

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Through the Regional Support Team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Country Office in Armenia, provides technical support and policy advice to accelerate a comprehensive and inclusive HIV response in Armenia by strengthening country’s efforts in HIV prevention, scaling up access to HIV treatment, care and support for people living with HIV, and mitigation of social consequences of the epidemic.

Based on the new Global AIDS strategy End Inequalities. End AIDS, UNAIDS Armenia, together with national and international partners – Ministry of Health, National Center of Infection Diseases, National Institute of Health, NGOs and many others – works on reducing inequalities that drive the AIDS epidemic and prioritise people not yet accessing life-saving HIV services.

Key areas of UNAIDS Armenia activities include:

-         people centered services delivery healthcare system;

-         universal access to HIV prevention and treatment;

-         innovative HIV testing strategies and approaches;

-         strengthened national strategic information management system;

-         civil society, community organizations and people living with HIV;

-          coordination of the Joint UN Theme Group on AIDS - the forum to plan, manage and monitor a coordinated UN system response to HIV.

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-  Convening power of UNAIDS: I mobilize and engage stakeholders (Government, partners, civil society, and communities) to keep HIV on the political agenda and among national priorities.

-  Guiding role toward the national and global targets: I influence prioritization and resource allocation for efficiency and impact.

-  Voice of voiceless: Mobilize and engage stakeholders on HIV related human rights issues, key populations issues, meaningful engagement of civil society.

-  Provision of technical assistance: This includes technical support to government, partners, civil society.

-  Coordination of UN response on HIV: Mobilize the UN system beyond the co-sponsors for large and coherent response and support.

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UNAIDS at Country Level: Nuha Ceesay Malawi 

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As the Country Director my role in bringing forward the added value of UNAIDS is a predictable and dependable partners is achieved through many strategic engagements including but not limited to:
Convening and harnessing the Joint Team on AIDS to provide relevant and timely technical support to the national response. I also ensure that UNAIDS is represented at a number of national structures such as the National HIV, Gender and Human Rights Technical Working Groups, The Malawi HIV Partnership Forum, Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism, Health and HIV Donors Group and many other Steering Committees . I also engage with key stakeholders and donors to amplify our work, the successes registered by the country and the challenges. I mobilize political leadership to engage  in national, regional and global initiatives.
Convening civil society and the private sector to harness their capacity for advocacy through community-led monitoring and periodic meetings to have a better understanding of their challenges and the specific support they need from UNAIDS. I equally work with Government institutions to co-lead the work around generating strategic information to inform the national response and reinforce advocacy, development and review and national strategies and policies. My work also covers promoting human rights and supporting the rights of key and affected populations to have access to quality services in an environment free from stigma and dissemination.

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We bring forward UNAIDS programmatic objectives by frequently providing leadership through the convening role of partners across the spectrum to deliberate on the HIV response issues. Examples include convening the UN Joint Team on HIV, the Development Partner Group on AIDS, the oversight committee of the GF CCM, civil society community representatives. Other examples include providing leadership in guidance of strategic planning including alignment to the Global AIDS Strategies and international best practices; global fund proposal writing and other resource mobilization efforts. We also lead in supporting the government and partners strategic information generation, documentation and use. We provide a civil society with support and capacity building to meaningfully engage with government and other partners. We lead in ensuring that the government monitors its AIDS response at national and subnational levels including sharing globally progress on the political commitments to the UN political declaration. We continuously advocate for an improved enabling environment for the AIDS response through regular reviews of national commitment, policies and laws and advocacy for changes including removal of punitive laws. We lead in resource mobilization from the Global Fund and ensuring alignment of PEPFAR and other funding to national and global AIDS strategies.

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We have the capacity and comparative advantage as a program to implement programmatic objectives taking into account three aspects among others:
Cooperating with the countries to generate strategic information and use it to identify gaps and establish programmatic actions to close the gaps.
Promoting, with strong advocacy and based on guidelines and international expertise, environments free of stigma and discrimination, eliminating legal barriers and promoting the full exercise of human rights, focusing mainly on key populations.
Guiding countries to invest in truly strategic actions, mobilizing resources towards greater sustainability

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I would like to highlight three ways in which we implement these programmatic objectives:
1- UNAIDS champions the principle of ‘know your epidemic, know your response’, which emphasizes the fundamental importance of data to inform evidence- and rights-based policy and programming. Harnessing the power of  data, UNAIDS works to consistently improve the quality of reporting, analysis, modelling, and communication of results and to play an active role in the real-time data visualization revolution.
This includes innovative methods, such as collection of sub-national level data, a focus on cities, hotspots and populations at higher risk

2-  UNAIDS advances the promotion of the strategic ‘investment approach’—supporting our three countries to focus on priority areas, populations and interventions where cost-effective impact and value-for money is best achieved and can have multiplier effects across broader health and development issues.

3- ·UNAIDS promotes a more integrated multi-sectoral approach to programming across the UN system, including health, gender, sexual reproductive health and rights, and social protection

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We provide the strategic direction, advocacy, coordination, and technical support needed to catalyse and connect leadership from governments, the private sector and communities to deliver life-saving HIV services. I consider our role in Togo as well as in Benin to convene/mobilise government partners, civil society and communities, the private sector, international partners by doing the following in the programmatic are: (i) to provide strategic information (ii) to provide insight into (innovative) strategic thinking and interventions to achieve targets focusing on increasing present results and applying an inequality lens to achieve corporate priorities for 2023  : (ia) increasing testing-treatment-VL suppression targets for ALL subgroups in particular children, men, adolescents, KPs; (ib) advancing the HIV prevention agenda in particular for KPs and young women and adolescent girls and (ic) expanding community-led service delivery and community-led monitoring. To do all this we need to support the countries efforts to mobilize financial resources and achieve equitable and sustainable financing.

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I meaningfully engage and mobilize governments, partners, communities to put HIV on the political and policy agenda. I use the power of data to influence prioritization and investments into HIV for greater impact. I speak-out on issues about inequalities and its intersectionalities relating to human rights violations, gender-based violence, stigma and discrimination. I strengthen country implementation capacities through the provision of technical support as well as shaping and reshaping the governance systems for the HIV response for impact.