A joint Word Bank/UNAIDS report looks at the potential impact of the global financial crisis on HIV prevention and treatment programmes worldwide. Using data collected in March 2009 from 71 countries, the analysis looks at how the crisis could affect people living with HIV needing treatment. The potential effects on prevention activities were also investigated.
AIDS programmes and risks -- Perceptions of vulnerability of treatment and prevention programmes -- Countries’ exposure to the global crisis -- Countries’ capacity to respond -- Implications: innovation and action.