UNGASS Indicators review of Care and Support
& Survey

Background on UNGASS Indicators review

What is UNGASS reporting?
In June 2001, all 189 UN Member States adopted the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. It reflects global consensus on a comprehensive framework to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halting and beginning to reverse the HIV epidemic by 2015. The Declaration calls for careful monitoring of progress in implementing agreed-on commitments. To facilitate this, the UNAIDS Secretariat collaborated with national AIDS committees, UNAIDS Cosponsors, and other partners to develop a reporting system. The system which requires countries to report every other year, has evolved over time with additions and subtractions to the indicator set and modifications to some indicators.

Why are we reviewing UNGASS indicators in care and support?
In 2011, it is expected that the UN General Assembly will assess progress made in the decade since the Declaration of Commitment. In anticipation of this, the international HIV Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group (MERG) has agreed that a review of the UNGASS reporting system should be undertaken. The review has been divided into four different focus areas: prevention; treatment; care and support; and the enabling environment.

The objectives of this review are to:
1. Assess whether the existing core indicators adequately cover the critical issues for which regularly reported data are required at the global level
2. Assess whether the existing core indicators are defined in such as way as to provide high quality directly comparable data across countries
3. Identify any alterations needed to the set of core indicators for global reporting
Submit a proposed revised set of indicators with explicit rationale for the revisions to the MERG

How are we reviewing UNGASS indicators in care and support?
The review of indicators in each focus area is being taken forward by a UN agency and a civil society organisation. UNICEF and the Care and Support Working Group of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development will co-lead the revision process in the area of care and support.

UNICEF and the UK Care and Support Working Group are committed to a consultation process that aims to maximize input and buy-in across key stakeholder groups. We will hold a workshop with a key stakeholder representative group with the aim to select the most appropriate UNGASS indicators in the area of care and support (in non-clinical settings and in accordance with agreed criteria). The 2-day workshop will take place in London, UK on Tuesday 10 August – Wednesday 11 August 2010.

We will also undertake a consultation with a broader stakeholder group through an on-line survey and feedback with the aims to identify key information needs at the global/national level in the area of care and support and obtain buy-in for the selected UNGASS indicators. These consultations are planned to take place during July-August 2010.

> THE SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED

What can you expect from this webpage?
The UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development website will host the online space for sharing information on the UNGASS care and support review, the webbased survey and the various outputs from the review process.