Small group discussions were undertaken to provide an outline of possible contributions that can be made by the United Nations system in collaboration with other development agencies to better support country led activities in response to the HIV/AIDS and humanitarian crisis in Southern Africa. As a guideline the groups were requested to focus on next steps that can be undertaken, building upon existing initiatives and exploring possibilities for partnerships and interagency coordination. To inform the discussions, participants were asked to utilise the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on HIV/AIDS and Emergencies (IASC) reference group matrix and recommendations from the Mission of the Special Envoy in guiding the discussion.
The participants were divided into groups dealing with 1) Information and Advocacy; 2) Health, Water and Sanitation; 3) Education and Protection; 4) Coordination, Preparedness and CAP; 5) Assessment, surveillance and monitoring; 6) Food distribution, food security and nutrition. The recommendations together with the long term and short term actions suggested by the participants are included as Annex 2.
A seventh policy group proposed wording for the Draft Consensus Statement which was considered by the meeting. The draft consensus statement is attached as Annex 1.
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