Today, Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, reminds us that one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. But this isn’t just a target; it is part of the fundamental human right to health because “… no one person has a greater right to health care than anyone else…” Today, on World AIDS Day, what exactly does this mean for developing countries? If you are the head of a developing country’s ministry of health (MoH), what would your opt...
On Thursday 23 November, you will defend your PhD dissertation “Prioritizing the HIV Response: A multi-criteria decision analysis”. Can you briefly describe what your study is about? / Nearly 35 years since the discovery of the virus that causes AIDS, the political and financial momentum that saw rapid progress in increasing treatment coverage and reductions of new infections is showing signs of slowing down. The reduction in donor funding for HIV response in transition economies like Viet Nam, ...