Responses
Children who have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS in a group home in Gdansk, Poland. Photo by Diez for UNDPI/WHO
- Keep adults alive by improving access to antiretroviral therapy and raising awareness of HIV
- A strong PMTCT programme, with new programmes like MTCT-Plus
- Dedicate funds for OVC and scale up programmes which currently only see a small proportion of overall HIV/AIDS funding
- Elimination of school fees and other barriers to education in Southern Africa
- Combat poverty and conflict which exacerbate challenges of HIV/AIDS
- Collaboration between national authorities, civil society and faith-based organisations to provide support services such as access to food, services and trauma counselling