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aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group

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aids2031 is a international consortium of partners examining the future of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Costs and Financing Working Group is focused on modeling and analyzing the long-term costs and financing of the epidemic, and examining scenarios in which major policy shifts now can improve the future expenditure and financing situation.

Over the past 25 years, AIDS has imposed a huge cost, in economic and social terms, on many countries, communities, and households around the world. At the same time, the price tag to respond fully and effectively in the areas of prevention, care and treatment, mitigation, and research has grown to tens of billions of dollars, and is continuing to increase. There have been dramatic increases in funding, but available resources are now becoming increasingly tight as the global recession adversely impacts both donor and developing countries, and as other competing priorities (e.g.

Website: 
http://www.aids2031.org
Duration: 
March, 2008 - June, 2010
Funder: 
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)
UNAIDS
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
David de Ferranti
Kira Thorien
Richard Skolnik
Robert Hecht
William McGreevey

R4D Managing Director Delivers Keynote on AIDS Financing in Southern Africa

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1 September, 2010

Addressing over 100 attendees at a regional conference in Johannesburg, Robert Hecht shared his vision for AIDS Financing in South Africa.

Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Connected Publications & Resources: 
Costs & Choices: Financing the Long-Term Fight Against AIDS
Attached File(s): 
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SADC Hecht 24 August 2010.pdf

Special Report on the State of HIV/AIDS in South Africa

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Earlier this year, a group of South Africa's forfront HIV experts met to share ideas on how to best reduce the epidemic. This Global Health Magazine article, coauthored by Managing Director Robert Hecht, discusses the main points of that meeting.

On January 21, a group of South Africa’s leading HIV experts met in Cape Town to discuss the state of prevention and treatment in the AIDS epidemic. Council on Foreign Relations Global Fellow Dr. Peter Navario convened the meeting for HIV/AIDS thinkers, policy makers, and practitioners to share ideas on how to best tackle the epidemic. This article, coauthored by Managing Director Robert Hecht, summarizes the analysis and recommendations that emerged from that meeting.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Author(s): 
Peter Navario
Link to Publication-Resource: 
http://www.globalhealthmagazine.com/summary/front_line_aids_fight

R4D launches aids2031 synthesis report and convenes global leaders to discuss the future of the AIDS response

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14 June, 2010

Key leaders from the Uganda AIDS Commission, the Zambian National AIDS Council, the Global Fund, and the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator came together at the Global Health Council Annual Conference to discuss and debate the future costs and challenges of financing the global response to the AIDS epidemic.

Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Connected Publications & Resources: 
Costs & Choices: Financing the Long-Term Fight Against AIDS

Costs & Choices: Financing the Long-Term Fight Against AIDS

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This book recommends a series of actions that can move the world toward a better future in dealing with AIDS, while using financial resources in a more efficient and affordable manner.

35 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WORLDWIDE

OVER 2.5 MILLION BECOME INFECTED EVERY YEAR

Publication & Resource Type: 
Publications
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
David de Ferranti
R4D Author(s): 
Farzana Muhib
R4D Author(s): 
Kira Thorien
R4D Author(s): 
Richard Skolnik
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
William McGreevey
Funder(s): 
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Funder(s): 
UNAIDS
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached Publications & Resources: 
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aids2031 Cost & Choices.pdf
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aids2031 Cost&Choices (Environmentally Friendly).pdf

Letter to the Editor: Fighting AIDS

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Results for Development Managing Director Robert Hecht responds to the New York Times front page article, "At Front Lines, Global War On AIDS Is Falling Apart"

This Letter to the Editor highlights the importance of different options facing policy makers in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In this response to the New York Times article "At Front Lines, Global War on AIDS Is Falling Apart", R4D Managing Director Robert Hecht discusses the ways in which funds can be spent wisely, to save more lives. The research conducted by aids2031 reveals how policy makers can continue to battle the AIDS epidemic, despite increasingly strained budgets.

Publication & Resource Type: 
Journal Articles
Year Published: 
2010
Main Contact: 
Robert Hecht
R4D Author(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project: 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Link to Publication-Resource: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/15/opinion/l15aids.html

R4D to host special session with global leaders on AIDS costs and policy choices

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9 June, 2010

How much will the fight against AIDS cost in the coming years, who will pay for it in the midst of global economic crisis and competing spending priorities, and how can governments better use their scarce AIDS resources to have the greatest impact on the epidemic?

Connected Expert(s): 
Aarthi Rao
Connected Expert(s): 
David de Ferranti
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Attached File(s): 
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Dr. Apuuli - bio.pdf
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Bio - DR. BENSON CHIRWA.pdf
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Rifat Atun bio Global Fund_5Mar2010.pdf
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Paul D. Bouey bio.pdf

aids2031 projections featured in New York Times articles on AIDS spending

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10 May, 2010

On Monday, the New York Times featured findings from the aids2031 Costs and Financing Project, directed by R4D, in a pair of front page articles examining the global response to HIV/AIDS.

Connected Expert(s): 
Kira Thorien
Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group
Connected Publications & Resources: 
Critical Choices In Financing: The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic
Fiscal Space and Political Space for Financing the Global AIDS Response to 2031
The Evolution and Future of Donor Assistance for AIDS
The Future Role of the Philanthropy Sector Fighting AIDS

South African Health Minister meets with aids2031 team to discuss report on AIDS financing

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14 April, 2010

R4D Managing Director Robert Hecht and the South African co-chairs of the aids2031 study on the country’s long-term costs and financing of AIDS met with the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, in Cape Town to discuss the study’s findings and recommendations.

Connected Expert(s): 
Robert Hecht
Connected Project(s): 
aids2031: Costs and Financing Working Group

New Visions for Improving Health Care in the Developing World

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Despite the success of many global health programs, there is a continuing gap between policy analysis and action.  This series, cosponsored by Results for Development and the Global Health Council, presents examples and opportunities of how evidence-based research can be translated into concrete actions that will improve the health of the poor in developing countries.

Despite the significant success of global health programs, there is a continuing gap between policy analysis and action.

Main Contact: 
Aarthi Rao
Status: 
Active
Staff Associated with Project: 
Aarthi Rao
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