This document contains the recommendations from the 5th Inter-Agency Meeting on Coordination and Harmonization of HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria Strategies held in Brazzaville, Congo from March 5-7, 2014. It discusses implementing recommendations from the previous meeting, including ensuring health issues are addressed at the upcoming EU-AU summit and expediting review of funding mechanisms. It also discusses developing tools to better measure harmonization efforts, coordinating activities of different actors, and improving information sharing. Further recommendations include making health an integral part of conflict response programs, advocating for prevention of violence against women and girls, and strengthening capacity and health systems for violence and HIV prevention.

1. JOINT UNITED NATION PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS
5th Inter-Agency Meeting on Coordination and
Harmonization of HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria
Strategies
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EXPERT MEETING
5-7 MARCH 2014,BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO

2. Implementation of the recommendations of
the 4th inter-agency meeting
1. Though health issues are well situated within two of the three
agenda items of the upcoming April 2014 EU-AU Summit there
is need to unpack the health issues to ensure that the
annotated agenda gives due consideration to the key issues.
1. Urge the GFATM to expedite the review of the funding
mechanisms to cater for intervention cutting across two or
more countries especially for key populations and conflict and
post conflict countries and local manufacturing of essential
drugs and commodities.
1. Accelerate the roll out of Costed NHSP in the countries that are
yet to prepare the costed plans.

3. Implementation of the recommendations of
the 4th inter-agency meeting
4. AUC to explore ways of bringing on board the private sector in
advocacy and resource mobilisation for AWA activities.
5. Tools to measure harmonisation in a more systematic and
pragmatic manner should be developed.
6. Put in place mechanisms to coordinate activities of the different
actors in a continuous basis within the two years of
implementation of the inter agency plan.
7. Develop information portal for inter-agency group to improve
information sharing and reporting.

4. Implementation of the Action Plan for
Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Conflict and
Post Conflicts Settings in Africa
1. Health to be an integral part of the conflict response and
mitigation programme within the Political and Peace and
Security components of the AU;
2. AUC in collaboration with WHO and other partners to advocate
to policy makers to ensure that the health needs particularly
AIDS, TB and malaria for IDPs and refugees are taken care of by
the National Health Accounts (NHA);
3. There is need for AUC and partners to continue and intensify
advocacy for the prevention of violence and gender based
violence including taking a gender approach for the
recruitment of peacekeepers personnel.

5. Implementation of the Action Plan for
Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Conflict and
Post Conflicts Settings in Africa
4. Countries should prioritise the prevention of violence and
gender based violence and include it in the national action plan
with targets;
5. Develop in country capacity for violence prevention and
strengthen integrated health system approach for violence and HIV
prevention in women and girls.
6. Advocate for the establishment of a rapid response health teams
to strengthen provision of prompt health services in conflict
situations.

6. Next steps for the “Abuja Call”
1. Participate in the processes to position AIDS, TB and malaria
prominently in the post 2015 development agenda as they
remain major epidemics on the continent.
1. Prioritize investments for AIDS, TB and Malaria responses in
Nigeria and DRC, which have the major disease burden and
contribute the highest morbidity and mortality related to the
three diseases.
1. Support the development of investment cases and economic
arguments for increased domestic and international
investment in AIDS, TB and malaria including consideration of
counterpart funding as a viable option.
2. Embrace new science, WHO guidelines and commit to support
partners in the process of expeditiously setting new targets.

7. Next steps for the “Abuja Call”
5. Develop appropriate strategies to boost the number of people
who know their HIV status without infringing on the human rights.
6. Step up efforts to address human rights issues and reform
punitive laws that hinder access to services for key populations in
order to achieve universal access to health services.
7. Advocate for the implementation of smart investments in
order to meet the treatment 2015 targets.

8. Next steps for the “Abuja Call”
8. Promote integration of SRH, MNCH and HIV services including
STIs as well as identifying opportunities and advocating for
integration of health services in development projects.
9. Advocate for countries to focus on the need to address the HIV
treatment gap and other integrated health services for children
and adolescents.

9. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND
ATTENTION