Workshop on addressing HIV related stigma & discrimination Musanze , 17-18 October 2011

1. Workshop on addressing HIV related stigma & discriminationMusanze, 17-18 October 2011 Presenter: RUTURWA –H. Dieudonne, Social Mobilization Advisor at UNAIDS Rwanda ruturwad@unaids.org

2. UNAIDS2011-2015Strategy

3. AIDS epidemic update 2008 Number of people living with HIV • Total 33.4 million • Adults 31.3 million • Women 15.7 million • Children under 15 years 2.1 million

4. AIDS epidemic update 2008 People newly infected with HIV Total 2.7 million - nearly 7000 new HIV infections each day • Adults 2.3 million • Children under 15 years 430 000 AIDS-related deaths in 2008 • Total 2.0 million • Adults 1.7 million • Children under 15 years 280 000

5. Strategic Directions Catalysing the next phase of treatment, care & support • Access to effective treatment when people need it • Strong national & community systems • Access to care, support & social protection • Revolutionising HIV prevention • Political commitment to why people are getting infected • Communities demand transformative change • Resources directed to hotspots and what works Advancing human rights & gender equality • Protective social & legal environments enable access • Equitable service provision reaches people most in need • HIV-related needs and rights women and girls addressed

6. Objectives Impact Areas Strategic Direction 1 Vision Vision & Strategic Direction Zero new HIV infections: Revolutionise HIV Prevention To generate political commitment to how and why people are getting infected To mobilise communities to demand transformative change To direct resources to epidemic hotspots Impact Areas Leaders positively incentivised to make the right decisions Political and legal blockages mapped & addressed Strategies emphasise prioritised prevention programmes Effective prevention approaches introduced & scaled up Young people empowered to redress harmful social norms Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention approaches scaled up • Networks of PLWHIV and other key populations • Synergies with sexual and reproductive health communities • Academic and professional societies • Lesson-learning partnerships • Funding entities • Young people UNAIDS Partnerships Illustrative Examples of Joint Working • Support to countries to implement learning objectives in the International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education • Analytic work on HIV transmission dynamics • Synthesis of global epidemics of HIV in sex workers

7. Objectives Impact Areas Strategic Direction 2 Vision Zero AIDS-related deaths: Catalyse next phase of treatment, care & support Vision & Strategic Direction Objectives To ensure people living with HIV can access treatment To strengthen national & community systems to deliver services To scale up access to care, support and social protection services • Better drugs and point-of-care tools developed • Non-drug- related cost savings identified and gained • Community system capacity for service delivery Capacity for registration & scale up of use of TRIPS Care & support services adapted to diverse needs HIV-sensitive socialtransfers embedded into national programmes Impact Areas • Families, communities & faith-based organisations • Public-private partnerships • Pharmaceutical industry • Companies, business associates & employers’ federations • Health providers & multi-disciplinary societies UNAIDS Partnerships Illustrative Examples of Joint Working • Reduction of HIV-related TB risk factors • Collaboration of GNP+, Int’l Community of Women with HIV/AIDS, Young Positives, EngenderHealth, IPPF, to produce The Advancing the Sexual & Reproductive Health and Human Rights of People Living with HIV guidance package

8. Objectives Impact Areas Strategic Direction 3 Vision Zero discrimination: Advance human rights & gender equality for the HIV response Vision & Strategic Direction Objectives To support countries to protect human rights in the context of HIV To advance country capacity for equitable service provision To ensure needs of women & girls addressed in national HIV strategies Key populations empowered to claim their rights Complete information on legal frameworks disseminated People living with HIV mobilised as forces of change Data collection with people at higher risk strengthened & put to use Programmes implemented that support women & girls all their lives Programmes to counter gender-based violence implemented Impact Areas • Regional & country networks of key populations • Civil society networks • Women’s rights advocates • Faith-based organisations UNAIDS Partnerships Illustrative Examples of Joint Working • The Global Commission on HIV and the Law will assist in developing rights- based recommendations for effective HIV responses. Recent dialogues rolled out through inter-agency action. • Implement the Action Framework on Women, Girls, Gender Equality and HIV

9. UBW – UBAF • Division of Labour • UN Reform • Country Leadership & Sustainability • Knowledge Translation • Resource mobilisation • Organisational Strengthening VISION Zero New HIV Infections Zero AIDS-Related Deaths Zero Discrimination GLOBAL COMMITM’TS Universal Access - Halt and reverse the spread of HIV and contribute to the MDGs GOALS Halve Sexual transmission Eliminate vertical transmission and halve maternal deaths Eliminate IDU transmission Universal access to treatment for all who need it Halve TB/HIV deaths Care & support for all Halve punitive laws Halve travel restrictions Nat’l strategies address W&G Zero tolerance for VAW&G STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS Revolutionize Prevention Treatment, care & support Human rights & gender equality CORE THEMES STRATEGIC PLAN People Countries Synergies OBJECTIVES • Generate political commitment • Mobilise communities • Resources to epidemic hotspots • Ensure access to treatment • Systems strengthening • Scale up access to social protection • Support countries to protect rights & remove punitive laws • Reduce stigma and discrim. • W&G needs addressed PARTNERSHIP • Enable country owned responses, south-south cooperation & move beyond HIV/ health sectors • Forge political alliances that link HIV movements with movements for social justice MECHANISMS

10. Goals for 2015 • Sexual transmission of HIV reduced by half, including among young people, men who have sex with men and transmission in the context of sex work • Vertical transmission of HIV eliminated and AIDS-related maternal deaths reduced by half • All new HIV infections prevented among people who use drugs Revolutionise HIV prevention • Universal access to antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV who are eligible for treatment • TB deaths among people living with HIV reduced by half • People living with HIV and households affected by HIV are addressed in all national social protection strategies and have access to essential care and support Catalyse the next phase of treatment, care and support • Countries with punitive laws and practices around HIV transmission, sex work, drug use or homosexuality reduced by half • HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence eliminated in half of the countries that have such restrictions • Zero tolerance for gender-based violence • HIV-specific needs of women and girls addressed in at least half of all national HIV responses Advance human rights and gender equality

11. VISION ZERO NEW HIV INFECTIONS. ZERO DISCRIMINATION.ZERO AIDS-RELATED DEATHS.