Millennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agenda

dc.contributor.authorNattrass, N
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-11T09:49:28Z
dc.date.available2016-05-11T09:49:28Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2016-05-10T09:20:57Z
dc.description.abstractMillennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, ‘to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases’, is unique among the MDGs because it emerged in the context of unprecedented prior international mobilization, especially around HIV/AIDS, thus both reflecting and facilitating an expanding international health agenda. MDG 6 built on the idea of “health as development”, originally articulated at the 1978 conference on primary health at Alma-Ata, but was profoundly shaped by the political traction and fund-raising successes of AIDS activism and the international AIDS response. This underpinned the expansion of MDG 6 targets to include antiretroviral treatment, helped forge partnerships to reduce the prices of antiretroviral treatment and essential medicine, thereby contributing to MDG 8 (“building partnerships for development”) and, in high HIV-prevalence regions, also to MDGs 4 and 5 (maternal and child health). The UN High-Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda recommends setting country-level health targets to achieve healthcare for all. Targets can help citizens hold governments to account by providing a focus for mobilization and a yardstick to measure progress. The data collection and policy monitoring pioneered by UNAIDS, and the involvement and support for civil society organizations achieved through the AIDS response, must be continued for this broader health agenda to succeed.en_ZA
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2013.877427
dc.identifier.apacitationNattrass, N. (2014). Millennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agenda. <i>Journal of Human Development and Capabilities</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19588en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNattrass, N "Millennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agenda." <i>Journal of Human Development and Capabilities</i> (2014) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19588en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNattrass, N. (2014). Millennium development goal 6: AIDS and the international health agenda. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 15(2-3), 232-246.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1945-2829en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Nattrass, N AB - Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6, ‘to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases’, is unique among the MDGs because it emerged in the context of unprecedented prior international mobilization, especially around HIV/AIDS, thus both reflecting and facilitating an expanding international health agenda. MDG 6 built on the idea of “health as development”, originally articulated at the 1978 conference on primary health at Alma-Ata, but was profoundly shaped by the political traction and fund-raising successes of AIDS activism and the international AIDS response. This underpinned the expansion of MDG 6 targets to include antiretroviral treatment, helped forge partnerships to reduce the prices of antiretroviral treatment and essential medicine, thereby contributing to MDG 8 (“building partnerships for development”) and, in high HIV-prevalence regions, also to MDGs 4 and 5 (maternal and child health). The UN High-Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda recommends setting country-level health targets to achieve healthcare for all. Targets can help citizens hold governments to account by providing a focus for mobilization and a yardstick to measure progress. The data collection and policy monitoring pioneered by UNAIDS, and the involvement and support for civil society organizations achieved through the AIDS response, must be continued for this broader health agenda to succeed. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Journal of Human Development and Capabilities LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 SM - 1945-2829 T1 - Millennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agenda TI - Millennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agenda UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19588 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19588
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNattrass N. Millennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agenda. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. 2014; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19588.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceJournal of Human Development and Capabilitiesen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjhd20/current
dc.subject.otherMillennium Development Goal 6
dc.subject.otherAIDS activism
dc.subject.otherAntiretroviral treatment
dc.subject.otherHealth funding
dc.subject.otherUNAIDS
dc.titleMillennium Development Goal 6: AIDS and the International Health Agendaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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