IAEN Pre-conference 2016 | Investing in sustainable responses to HIV and AIDS
A South Africa Event on 2016-07-15 09:00:00
The 9th International AIDS Economics Network (IAEN) Pre-conference, hosted in conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, HEARD, UNAIDS, the World Bank, Rush Foundation and Sida/Norad will be held in Durban, South Africa 15-16 July 2016. The theme of the pre-conference is Investing in sustainable responses to HIV and AIDS and will precede the International AIDS Conference to be held in Durban 17 – 22 July 2016. The two-day event aims to consider practical solutions to ‘Financing the Epidemic in the post-MDGs era’. While there are a number of initiatives globally working towards solutions, this pre-conference event serves a special purpose in bringing together Economic researchers and stakeholders including Ministers of Finance and Health, along with leading activists, practitioners and scholars to generate a shared understanding of the key issues and challenges, and to develop real options for sustainable financing for AIDS. The two-day event will include presentations of specially commissioned papers on the key questions for consideration. Economic researchers funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct analyses in their own countries (Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and South Africa) will present their research at the conference. Other selected papers from an open call will be presented in thematic roundtable discussions/working groups/break away groups, or showcased as abstracts and posters. Open Call Contributions will be based on emerging evidence and lessons from HIV and economic analyses of recent years, with contributions sought from theorists, analysts, practitioners and affected communities to explore new options, models and partnerships for financing the future of the epidemic – particularly in low and middle income countries. Papers will feed into an issues paper to inform the plenary session. The initiative from the IAEN, UNAIDS, World Bank and HEARD is to explore innovative, country-led approaches for supporting affected countries to prioritise, sustain and lead their national investments in HIV and AIDS responses. The related research will identify ways to create, optimise, and sustain fiscal space for HIV investment domestically, as well as explore innovative national and international financing mechanisms able to leverage allocated funds.
at Suncoast Towers
20 Battery Beach Road
Durban, South Africa
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