TERMS OF REFERENCE
THE INFORMAL CROSS-WHITEHALL GROUP ON TACKLING
HIV AND AIDS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
OBJECTIVES
1. To support implementation of "Achieving
Universal Access: The UK's strategy for halting and reversing
the spread of HIV in the developing world" by monitoring
the commitments set out in the strategy, in line with the plans
set out in the associated monitoring and evaluation document.
2. To exchange information about policy
initiatives and directions related to Achieving Universal Access
and other related issues.
3. To identify opportunities for closer
co-operation across departments to maintain UK and International
political momentum, provide briefing, and consider new policy
directions.
4. Where necessary and appropriate, explore
and resolve issues of potential incoherence between domestic and
international policies relating to HIV and AIDS. These issues
can be proposed by members of the group, or by external stakeholders
(eg civil society, parliamentary committees).
5. Where appropriate ensure coherence with
other related HMG policies and strategies and seek opportunities
to exploit synergies between them.
6. To link with existing Whitehall coordination
mechanisms including the Access to Medicines Working Group, and
the Government's Global Health Strategy, "Health is Global".
MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
The Secretariat for the Cross-Whitehall
Working Group on tackling HIV and AIDS in developing world will
be provided by DFID.
The Group will meet up to 4 times each
year, with those Departments who have made explicit commitments
in Achieving Universal Access. One of these meetings will include
representatives from a wider group of Departments.
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