Greater national HIV response hinges on better cooperation

The National AIDS Committee (NAC) says the outcome document of the recently-concluded UN high-level meeting (HLM) on HIV-AIDS does not provide as comprehensive a road-map to “zero death, zero new infections and zero discrimination” as anticipated.

The document, ‘Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV/AIDS,’ also indicated that country-led responses are to replace international leadership in the fight, according to the NAC.

“Divesting international leadership of the fight against HIV in this manner forces regional and country-led level leaderships to explore more