HUNP-AIDS
Historical United Nations Program on AIDS/HIV
President: Emiliano Bautista Sosa
Chair: Alexa Ortiz Van De Graaff, Alejandro Rivera Aleman, Andrea Teresa Romero Bravo, Paulo Núñez López y Burno Reyes González
Topic A) Strategies to Address the Ongoing Public Health and Social Crisis Related to HIV/AIDS in Haiti, with Emphasis on Reducing Stigmatization and Strengthening Health Infrastructure beginning in 1981.
Topic B) Strategies to Strengthen Early-Epidemic Detection and Community Protection Mechanisms, with Emphasis on the New York HIV/AIDS Outbreak of 1981–1984.
Background and Faculties
As part of the Sustainable Development Goals, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) leads the global effort to end Aquired Inmunodeficcency System (AIDS) as a public health threat by 2030. Following the discovery of Human Inmunodefficecny Virus (HIV) more than 35 years ago, approximately 78 million people have been infected and there have been more than 35 million casualties from AIDS - related illnesses, highlighting the urgent need for coordinated international action. Established by United Nations (UN) resolution 1994/24 and operational since 1996, UNAIDS works as the only joint UN programme, bringing together 11 UN co-sponsoring agencies, Member States, civil society representatives, and international partners. Operating in 188 countries, UNAIDS promotes innovation, collaboration, and human-rights based strategies to combat stigma, discrimination, and the ongoing spread of HIV/AIDS.
In order to eradicate the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS is committed to:
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Design work plans for countries and communities to reduce the social and economic inequality gap;
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Analyze information on emerging cases to better understand the state of the epidemic and disseminate information to raise public awareness;
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Collaborate with governments through strategic guidance and coordination on the regulation of health services and the strengthening of social protection systems;
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Establish legal frameworks through public policies at the national, regional, and global levels to prevent the decriminalization of the affected population and to protect their human rights;
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Promote dialogue and the inclusion of communities in decision-making and action plans, through the participation of the most affected cities and key groups.