Window 1 : HIV and AIDS

UNCP Outcome 5: By 2012, the rate of HIV and AIDS infection is halted or reduces and Government provides services to those people with and affected by HIV and AIDS.

5.1 Prevention

Intermediate outcome 1: HIV and AIDS: Communities will develop and implement HIV prevention, care and support strategies for their population.

UN comparative advantage

The UN system comparative advantage is evident in the multiple skills in HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support that it brings to the national response to the epidemic as well as its access to international best practice. In the area of community mobilization, including mobilization of youth for life skills, involvement of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA), monitoring and evaluation and donor coordination and the enhancement of effective national leadership, the UN has demonstrated its comparative advantage in the national response to the epidemic in Papua New Guinea. We will continue to monitor the trajectory of the epidemic and its development impact and to provide assistance from our areas of expertise.

Proposed UN system results

The UN system, particularly UNDP, will strengthen the National AIDS Council’s capacity to prepare for and organize advocacy and awareness-raising activities targeting leaders that represent the following groups: civil society, private and public sector and community based organizations. The UN system, particularly UNICEF and UNV, working with government and civil society partners, will also strengthen capacities in community mobilization, using culturally relevant mobilization methods. This will ensure involvement of all relevant community groups, including adolescents, youth and women who are the ones mostly at risk. This will enhance community mobilization activities, including behavior change for HIV Prevention and the provision of basic life planning skills to the relevant recipients.