Overview

The World Bank works in 5 main inter-related areas, to help countries prevent HIV infections; while scaling up treatment, care and mitigation support to all infected and affected people who need it.  We:

• Support more strategic, results-oriented national HIV/AIDS planning, and better integration of HIV/AIDS in national development planning.
• Provide sustained, predictable funding for HIV/AIDS programs and strengthening health systems
• Support faster, more efficient, effective and transparent HIV program implementation
• Help strengthen country Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems and capacity to collect, analyze and use data
• Support evaluation and analysis to generate and share knowledge to improve programs.

The World Bank Global HIV/AIDS Program of Action (2005) describes the background and strategic thinking to the 5 key action areas, and provides details on each area of activity.

The Global HIV/AIDS program, created in 2002, supports the work with countries that is led by our six regional units, World Bank efforts to address HIV from a cross-sectoral perspective, research and knowledge sharing, and houses the AIDS Strategy and Action Plan service (ASAP) and Global AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Team (GAMET) on behalf of UNAIDS.

As one of ten co-sponsors of UNAIDS, the Bank helps shapre the global response to HIV/IADS, in partnership with governments, NGOs, other agencies and foundations, and the private sector.  The co-sponsoring organizations are the International Labor Organization (ILO), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO), and World Bank

For more information, please contact:
Global HIV/AIDS Program
1818 H Street, NW MSN # G6-082A
Washington DC 20433 USA
Tel: (202) 473-9414
Fax: (202) 522-3235

Email:  wbglobalhivaids@worldbank.org