Global Research and Advocacy Group (GRAG)

This report is based on a master set of data that has been compiled by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, in response to the wishes of the General Assembly for periodic assessment of progress towards the MDGs. The Group comprises representatives of the international organizations whose activities include the preparation of one or more of the series of statistical indicators that were identified as appropriate for monitoring progress towards the MDGs, as reflected in the list below. A number of national statisticians and outside expert advisers also contributed.

Funding for AIDS treatment for 448,866 people would be eliminated, resulting in a halt to treatment expansion and deeper cuts in HIV prevention and other areas in an effort to avoid removing current patients from lifesaving treatment.

299,294 orphans and vulnerable children could lose their food, education, and livelihood assistance.

20,000 more infants could be infected with HIV each year due to reductions in services to combat mother-to-child HIV transmission.

Nearly 3.9 million fewer people would be treated for malaria and 2 million fewer insecticide-treated mosquito nets would be available, with increased loss of life from malaria felt overwhelmingly among children under five.

51,822 fewer people with tuberculosis would receive lifesaving treatment, seriously endangering their lives as well as other people’s due to the contagious nature of this illness.

Une rencontre régionale des Ministres de la Justice et des hauts magistrats des pays de l’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre sur le VIH et le droit a eu lieu à Dakar, au Sénégal, du 6 au 8 février 2011 afin de discuter du rôle des Ministères de la Justice et des magistrats dans la riposte au VIH en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre. Ses objectifs premiers furent d’approfondir les dialogues sur le droit et le VIH d’une part, et de susciter la mobilisation et le leadership des Ministres de la Justice et de tout l’appareil judiciaire de la sous-région dans l’accélération de la réponse au VIH, d’autre part. Sa tenue figure dans la logique des efforts entrepris pour une mobilisation politique au haut niveau en vue d’une mise en œuvre effective par le droit des droits humains dans la riposte au VIH.

This guide explains how advocacy can be a powerful tool in supporting prevention and treatment efforts and reducing the stigmatization of people living with HIV & AIDS.