UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, has been facing funding shortfalls that are souring its relationship with its U.N. partners, and raising questions about its work.
Overall HIV funding from donor governments has declined, diminishing the resources shared between the UNAIDS secretariat and the 11 U.N. agencies that serve as program cosponsors.
A recent UNAIDS secretariat assessment found that funding allocations have become a source of tension as the secretariat receives a larger share of the entity’s core funding. The secretariat’s global advocacy work has also been frowned upon. The assessment found that donors and cosponsors feel it goes beyond HIV, leading to accusations of “mission drift,” and overlaps with other U.N. agencies’ work.
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Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo
Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.
