Tracking the Human Rights Response to HIV

Originally published on The Foundation Center’s Philantopic Blog 

“Good decisions always require good information, and when resources are limited, data matters even more….” – Greg Millett, vice president and director of public policy, amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research

In August, AVAC and amfAR issued a report, Data Watch: Closing a Persistent Gap in the AIDS Response, that calls for a new approach to tracking data on the global response to AIDS. What’s unique about Data Watch is that it places equal emphasis on filling the gaps in both epidemiological and expenditure information. Data has always reigned supreme in the public health world, but in their new report AVAC and amfAR pose a simple question: What happens to our quest to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 if we don’t know whether we have the funding to sustain our efforts?

Read the full piece on the Foundation Center’s Philantopic Blog