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West & Central Africa HIV catch-up - WHO in an era of transformation

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

The Transformation Agenda (TA) ushered in an ambitious reform process intended to transform the World Health Organization (WHO) into an organization that is proactive, results-driven, accountable and which meets stakeholder expectations, towards transforming and improving public health services in t ... he African Region. It aimed to achieve a WHO that is pro-results, which optimally and creatively targets technical work as well as make operations more responsive, with greater effectiveness in both communications and partnerships. The Africa Region has been the epicentre of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic and it’s one of the leading causes of disease and death on the continent. The WHO, with partners, has worked tirelessly for many years to control the threat and reduce the negative impact of the disease. Since the early 2000s, significant progress has been made in the global fight against the scourge of HIV. However, the WCA subregion was falling concerningly behind ESA on several key indicators of progress. In 2016, the WHO joined UNAIDS, UNICEF and other partners in a call for a strong and urgent response to support WCA countries to develop catch-up plans to triple and fast-track ART coverage, to enable the region to catch up with ESA by the end of 2020. Implementation of a widespread test-and-treat strategy, coupled with the scale-up of differentiated service delivery (DSD) and mobilization of requisite funding, accelerated WCA’s progress towards this goal. The HIV treatment catch-up and fast-track plan has achieved its target of seeing the West and Central African region (WCA) catch up with the Eastern and Southern African region’s (ESA) antiretroviral coverage rate of 78% in 2021, albeit later than the 2020 target time frame. A 33% improvement was achieved in WCA, against 21% in ESA, between 2015–2020. WCA achieved a significant 42% increase, compared to ESA’s 23%, between 2015 and 2021, to see WCA draw level with ESA at 78%. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) alone, progress of up to 47% was observed between 2015 and 2020, for example. In addition, 1.6 million more People Living with HIV (PLHIV) were enrolled on antiretroviral treatment (ART) between 2015 and 2020. more

Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey

National Bureau of Statistics inistry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW), Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), et al. (2011) C1

Guide to developing disaster recovery frameworks

Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery; World Bank; et al. (2015)

Sierra Leone Demographic and Health Survey 2008

Ministry of Health & Sanitation, Sierra Leone; ICF Macro (2009) C1

Zika virus disease – Focus on the Americas response: Emergency appeal operations update n° 1 (MDR42003)

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (2016) CC

Situation Analysis on Children with Disabilities in Bangladesh

UNICEF Bangladesh (2014)

Pakistan AIDS Strategy III 2015-2020

Ministry of Health, Pakistan (2015) C1

The purpose of the PAS III is to guide Pakistan’s overall national response for HIV and AIDS through 2020, through focused interventions with set targets, costs, roles and responsibilities. The successful implementation of PAS III involves multiple stakeholders to achieve priority outcomes outline ... more

Working together to promote health. WHO Tanzania Annual Report 2017

World Health Organization WHO, Regional Office for Africa (2018) C_WHO

It provides insight into WHO’s work that aims to improve the health of the people of the United Republic of Tanzania in collaboration with key stakeholders.

Working to end female genital mutilation and cutting in Tanzania. The role and response of the church

Johanna Waritay & Ann-Marie Wilson from 28 Too Many Tearfund (2014) C1

Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use

World Health Organization (2015)

This executive summary contains all the new recommendations that will be incorporated into the fifth edition of the Medical eligibility criteria (MEC) for contraceptive use. In addition to the recommendations themselves, the summary provides an introduction to the guideline, a description of the met ... more

National Nutrition Policy for Ghana

Ministry of Health, Ghana (2013) C1

Nepal: Country Progress Report

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (2015) C1

Country Progress Report Nepal

Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population, National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (2015) C1

Sierra Leone National AIDS Response Progress Report 2015

Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone; UNAIDS (2015) C_WHO

Ethiopia: Health Sector Transformation Plan 2015/16 - 2019/20 (2008-2012 EFY)

Ministry of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (2015) C1

Lesotho: National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan (2006-2011)

National AIDS Commission (NAC), Kingdom of Lesotho (2006)

Children with disabilities in Uganda: The hidden reality

The African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) (2011) C2

Bangladesh Emergency Response Preparedness Plan

Humanitarian Reponse Team (2014) C1

National strategy on the management of disaster and climate induced internal displacement (NSMDCIID)

Bangladesh, Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) (2015) C1

This strategy has been developed with a view to managing climate-induced internal displacement (CIID) in a comprehensive and rights-based manner. It is part of the action plan for the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) to implement the Sendai Framework.
The strategy focuses solely on internal disp ... more

UNFPA Myanmar Annual Report 2017

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) (2018) C1

Ensuring reproductive rights for all