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Policy
roundtables will serve as the primary vehicle for discussion. Roundtables on
financing, targeting, program / activity area, and intellectual property will be
held concurrently to address specific issues related to the Global Fund:
Finance
1. How
much money is needed for the Global Fund to be effective in addressing the
current global AIDS crisis?
2. Should
the U.N. require mandatory contributions from United Nations member states to
support the Global Fund? If so, how should the Fund determine the appropriate
assessment on each individual country?
3. As
an alternative to assessments on member countries, should the U.N. mandate some
form of global tax on certain types of economic activity or financial
transaction. If so, what sort of tax should it be?
4. If
it does not impose mandatory assessments or taxes , how should the the required
resources required for the Fund be raised? Voluntary contributions from member
states? Grass-roots fundraising? Public-private partnerships?
5. What
specific measures can the Fund take to encourage greater financial support from
the public and private sectors?
6. Any
additional agenda issues/solutions?
Targeting
1. Should
the Global Fund be used to address the HIV/AIDS crisis only in the world's
poorest countries? Or should it also fund activities and programs in middle
income and/or OECD countries as well?
2. Does
it make more sense for the Fund to target specific groups with its limited
resources to maximize impact? Please justify answer.
3. If
“targeting” is used, what groups should the Fund target?
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Demographic
groups, such as: men, women, children, young people, pregnant women and their
infants, mothers, economically active population, etc?
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Occupational
groups, such as: health care workers, teachers, policeman, prostitutes, truck
drivers, etc
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Other
vulnerable populations, such as: intravenous drug users, prisoners, migrant
populations, men who have sex with men, people living under armed conflict,
etc
Please outline a targeting strategy, if
appropriate, such as prioritizing groups in a particular order. Also, provide a
percentage breakdown of how you would allocate Fund resources to your targeting
strategy.
4.
Any additional agenda issues/solutions?
Program / Activity Area
1. Which
program or activity areas should the Global Fund focus on: prevention,
treatment, vaccines, or some combination? Please justify strategy and provide
supporting evidence of effectiveness of proposed solution.
2. How
would you design implementation and delivery mechanisms for the chosen
programs/activities in order to maximize their effectiveness? Be sure that your
responses to both (1) and (2) are sensitive to economic, cultural, and
infrastructure issues.
3. Any
additional agenda issues/solutions?
Intellectual Property
1. Should
developing countries be granted a particularly generous interpretation of the
multilateral agreement on protection of intellectual property (TRIPS) to allow
them to manufacture or import inexpensive generic versions of patented drugs and
thus reduce the cost of Global Fund programs?
2. Should
developing countries be granted a complete waiver of patent protection
provisions for all AIDS medications, both existing and yet to be developed? Or
should some limitations be imposed to provide incentives for further research
and innovation in that field? In short, how would you implement any waiver
arrangements?
3. How
would you define “developing countries” for this purpose Would you extend the
provisions you have designed to countries that to do not meet the definition of
“developing” but are experiencing or threatened by a major AIDS epidemic?
4. Any
additional agenda issues/solutions? |
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