O Compromisso do Banco Mundial com o VIH SIDA em Africa: O nosso plano de actividades, 2007-2011

The World Bank s Commitment to HIV/AIDS in Africa: Our Agenda for Action 2007-2011 updates and refocuses the Bank s response to assist countries to achieve the sixth Millennium Development Goal, to help halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS. This Agenda for Action is a road map for reaffirming the Bank s commitment to combating AIDS in Africa, moving from its initial emergency response to how it will contribute to a long-term, sustainable, multi-partner response. This book aims to assist countries to develop sustainable responses that are well integrated in national development agendas; accelerate implementation and close the implementation gap between available funding and the capacity to use it effectively; strengthen national and health systems, and improve donor coordination and learning. This Agenda for Action is the result of an extensive analytical and consultative process that included over 30 African partner countries and a wide range of external partners from U.N. agencies, multilateral and bilateral donors, community, faith-based and civil society organizations, research institutes, universities, the private sector, labor unions and youth, local and national governments, and people living with HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS reverses life expectancy gains, erodes productivity, consumes savings and dilutes growth efforts, threatening the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. The report is the result of an extensive analytical and consultative process begun in 2006, that engaged more than 1,000 people from over 30 countries and many institutions mostly in Africa, as well as UN agencies, multilateral and bilateral donors, and foundations. The report reaffirms the Bank's commitment to combating HIV/AIDS in Africa, moving from its initial emergency response to the next phase, includ. The diagnosis The Bank's response to date Strategic challenges in the new environment The agenda for action 2007-2011 Operational implications for the Bank.