|The Business Response to HIV/AIDS: Innovation & Partnership
(UNAIDS, 1997, 60 p.)| THE JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON
HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
(UNAIDS) was established in January 1996. UNAIDS brings together
the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (UNESCO), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and
the World Bank. It is the first programme of its kind in the UN
system: a small initiative with a large outreach capacity and
the potential to leverage significant resources and action
through the creation of strategic partnerships. The co-sponsors
of UNAIDS provide complementary mandates and multisectoral
expertise, ranging from education and socioeconomic development
to women's reproductive health. They are committed to joint
planning and action, giving UNAIDS a "cooperative advantage"
that translates into g