HIV, Health & Development

2019

The world is making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, but millions of people are still living in poverty• More than 650 million people around the

world still live in poverty and inequalities areon the rise

• Climate-related disasters, conflict andregressive laws and policies all threatenhuman progress, and vulnerable groups facethe greatest risk

• Countries face a range of developmentchallenges – from insufficient access to cleanenergy, to strengthening governance andaddressing stigma and discrimination, and tomaking strides toward universal healthcoverage

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Supporting countries to drive progress on sustainable development and ensuring that no one is left behind• When United Nations Member States adopted

the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment, they pledged to leave no onebehind and reach the furthest behind first

• UNDP works on poverty, governance, climate,crisis, gender and other issues to helpcountries make progress on the SustainableDevelopment Goals

• UNDP also works on health, recognizing that itis a driver, indicator and outcome ofsustainable development

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• HIV infections are on the rise amongmarginalized populations and in some regions

• AIDS-related deaths among adolescents arenot declining

• Noncommunicable diseases are increasing,especially in low- and middle-income countries

• As our planet warms, diseases are spreadingfaster and further than ever before, puttingmillions of lives at risk

• Conflicts and crises are leading to diseaseoutbreaks and health emergencies around theworld, and migration is on the rise and as arethe numbers of people on the move

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Social, economic and environmental factors put lives at risk and threaten sustainable development

Partnerships, innovation and advocacy for healthy lives and well - being

• In line with the 2018-2021 Strategic Plan, UNDP’sHIV and health work contributes to theorganization’s vision of eradicating poverty andreducing inequalities

• UNDP works with governments, academics, civilsociety, multilaterals and the private sector to buildpartnerships to address the determinants of healthand increase access to health services

• UNDP supports countries and partners to innovate,including accelerating the adoption and scale up ofhealth innovations

• UNDP supports partners to advocate for those whoare often left behind

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Key Results

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Portfolio: supporting HIV and health work in 129 countries

UNDP’s HIV and Health Spending in 2017 ($637.2 million)

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Broadening and deepening partnerships for impact

• UNDP collaborates with national and local governments,multilaterals, civil society organizations, academia and theprivate sector on HIV and health

• In 2018, UNDP strengthened its partnership with WHO toadvance universal health coverage, respond to healthemergencies, and address the impacts of climate change onhealth

• UNDP joined eleven other health and developmentorganizations to develop a Global Action Plan on Healthy Livesand Well-Being, which lays out how global actors cancollaborate more effectively to accelerate progress towardhealth goals and targets

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PARTNERSHIPS

UNDP’s aims to improve people’s health & well - being by:

1. Reducing inequalities and social exclusion

2. Promoting inclusive governance3. Building resilient and sustainable

systems for health

1) Reducing inequalities and social exclusion

• Women and girls often face special challengesin accessing HIV and health services andencounter violence

• UNDP is supporting countries to remove legalbarriers that block access to health care,improve support for victims of gender-basedviolence and develop policies that addresslinks between HIV, violence against womenand alcohol abuse

• In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, UNDPsupported 15,000 women and girls living withHIV to exercise their rights to access healthservices

Ensuring women and girls can access health and social services

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Securing the inclusion of vulnerable groups

• Around the world, marginalized groups are toooften left behind in health and development

• UNDP’s “Being LGBTI” programme hassupported governments to change orintroduce laws that promote gender equality,generate new data through research initiativesand bring civil society to the forefront of policydebates

• UNDP also supports countries to safeguard therights of other vulnerable groups, including sexworkers, people who use drugs, migrants, andpeople in prison

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2) Promoting inclusive governance

Supporting countries to enact laws that protect people’s health and rights

• Bad laws and policies are holding back progresson HIV, which continues to threaten and claimmillions of lives around the world

• In 2012 and 2018, the Global Commission onHIV and the Law called on governments to usethe law as an effective tool to end stigma anddiscrimination and advance progress on HIVand related co-infections

• UNDP and partners launched pioneeringhuman rights and drug policy guidelinespresenting countries with a pathway to dealwith the damage caused by the war on drugs

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Working with partners to improve the delivery of lifesaving health technologies

• Millions of people still do not have access tomedicines, vaccines and diagnostics forneglected tropical diseases, TB and malaria

• With support from the Government of Japan,the UNDP-led Access and Delivery Partnershipsupports countries to strengthen their laws,policies and capacities to deliver new healthtechnologies to patients in need

• In 2019, ADP, the GHIT Fund and theGovernment of Japan launched a uniqueinitiative to bring together funders, innovatorsand access actors to accelerate innovation,access and delivery

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Working across sectors to tackle NCDs and tobacco control

• Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are on therise, but many countries have still notprioritized NCD prevention and control

• UNDP and WHO are developing countryinvestment cases that highlight the benefits oftackling NCDs – including policy interventionsaround alcohol consumption, unhealthy dietsand physical inactivity

• This year, UNDP supported 20 countries toimplement the Framework Convention onTobacco Control, including by developinginvestment cases and providing evidence tosupport national tobacco control responses

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3) Building sustainable and resilient health systems

Delivering health services in the world’s most challenging settings

• HIV, TB and malaria still claim millions of lives aroundthe world, especially in countries with fragile healthsystems

• As a principal recipient of Global Fund grants, UNDPsupports countries to roll out HIV, TB and malariaservices to people living in some of the world’s mostchallenging and high-risk contexts – this includessupport on capacity development, risk management,enabling policy environments and sustainability

• UNDP’s partnership with the Global Fund has helpeddeliver lifesaving antiretroviral drugs to more than 2million people around the world, saving 3.1 millionlives18

Results from the UNDP -Global Fund Partnership

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Preparing health systems for climate change

• Whether it is a sudden natural disaster or ongoingdamage caused by global warming, shifts in theenvironment most drastically affect the poor

• UNDP and WHO are working together to make surethat countries have health systems that canwithstand the negative effects of climate change;UNDP is also working with Healthcare Without Harmon sustainable procurement in the health sector

• With funding from the Global Environment Facility(GEF), UNDP is supporting Bangladesh, Cambodia,Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal and Timor-Leste toincorporate climate mitigation strategies into healthsector planning

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Bringing solar power to health facilities

• Health facilities need reliable energy supply tooperate lifesaving equipment, power lights, andrefrigerate medicines and vaccines. Yet theyoften experience power outages or lack accessto electricity

• UNDP’s Solar for Health initiative supportsgovernments to install solar panels at clinics,hospitals and medical warehouses, ensuringthat facilities have a reliable source of power

• Solar for Health has installed solar panels at 652facilities across eight countries, improvingaccess to health services for millions of people

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Thank you