Technical Annex to the Report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia

The Commission on AIAIDS in Asia publicly released its report Redefining AIDS in Asia: Crafting an Effective Response, in March 2008, by handing it over to the UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon in New York. Since its publication, the report has attracted the attention of both policy makers and academics working in the field of HIV.

Many have requested access to the background papers that formed the basis of the Commission’s report. This Technical Annex is an attempt to put the evidence collected by the Commission in the course of its work into the public domain.

The studies included in this Annex, as one can see, cover a wide range of themes like epidemiology, unit costing, assessing the total resource need, cost-effectiveness and socio-economic impact in general and in particular on women, children and young people. Research material bearing on legislation, impact mitigation and effectiveness of HIV programmes has also been presented.

Many areas addressed in this Technical Annex are either new or not previously discussed adequately. Some of these include providing a clear quantitative basis for prioritization of most-at-risk populations; estimating the unit cost of interventions; measuring the impact in financial terms at the household level; and quantifying addition to poverty due to HIV.