SRH and HIV/AIDS Linkages at Policies, Programmes and Service ...

UN agencies and UNAIDSsecretariatThe UN system has supportednumerous activities towards combatingthe HIV and AIDS epidemic in thecountry. The nature and scope of UNsupport ranges from policy developmentand capacity building at the national andregional level, to service delivery andsocial mobilisation at the grass rootslevel. The overarching framework ofthe UN support has been the nationalHIV strategies and UNDAF as well asCommon Country Assessment. Mostimportantly, the UN system has fullyrecognised both the impact of the decadelong conflict and the new opportunityit has created for development andsocial transformation. UNAIDS, as thesecretariat of the joint UN programme,supports the GoN and works with allstakeholders to coordinate a variety ofactivities with the NCASC and theHSCB. UNAIDS is coordinating thedevelopment of the national monitoringand evaluation framework along withother stakeholders.World BankBased on numerous assessments andmission visits in 2007, 2008 and 2009to Nepal, the Bank has committedto fund a range of HIV and AIDSactivities over the next few years. TheWorld Bank has expressed interestin supporting the Pooled Fundingmechanism under the Ministry ofHealth with a provision for rapid andefficient fund flow mechanisms andan integrated logistics managementsystem.Similarly in the population and RHsector, according to a resource flowssurvey report carried out in Nepalby Health Economics Association(NHEA) and executed by UNFPAin collaboration with the NetherlandsInterdisciplinary DemographicInstitute, 2008, population andpopulation-related activities receivedRs.4109.1 million with Rs3683.5million from GoN and Rs.25.5million from NGOs. Within GoNorganisations, the income receivedfrom domestic sources was Rs.1,745.9million (47.4 per cent) and Rs.1,937.65BANGLADESHCAMBODIANEPALPHILIPPINES80