Publication

This report discusses strategies the US government could adopt to combat the global AIDS pandemic. It argues that any US initiative will not succeed unless it is folded into a broader and longer-term commitment to developing politically and financially sustainable basic health systems in affected countries. The author makes seven specific recommendations to make the US anti-AIDS program sustainable and successful, including pursuing a comprehensive approach to HIV/AIDS; being guided by the best available scientific evidence and being "ideology-free" in selecting and administering prevention and treatment programs; and paying particular attention to the factors fundamental to the pandemic's spread, such as the vulnerability of women and girls.