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The "AIDS and MDGs" approach: what is it, why does it matter, and how do we take it forward?

Authors :
Kim J
Lutz B
Dhaliwal M
O'Malley J
Source :
Third world quarterly [Third World Q] 2011; Vol. 32 (1), pp. 141-63.
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

Progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been mixed, and many observers have noted the tendency for development actors to address individual MDGs largely in isolation from one another. This in turn has resulted in missed opportunities to catalyse greater interdisciplinary collaboration and innovation towards MDG achievement. The term 'AIDS and MDGs' is gaining currency as an approach that aims to explore, strengthen and leverage the links between AIDS and other health and development issues. Drawing from academic literature and from MDG country reports, this article sets out three important pillars to an AIDS and MDGs approach: 1) understanding how AIDS and the other MDGs affect one another; 2) documenting and exchanging lessons learned across MDGs; and 3) creating cross- MDG synergy. We propose broader policy level implications for this approach and how UNDP and other partners can take this agenda forward. Because the MDGs explicitly locate HIV within a broader international commitment to human development targets, they provide a critical platform for development partners to galvanise resources, political will and momentum behind a broader, systematic and structural approach to HIV, health and development.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0143-6597
Volume :
32
Issue :
1
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Third world quarterly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
21591304
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2011.543819