This year is a critical year for the AIDS response: it marks 40 years since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, and a new Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026 and a new United-Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on AIDS have been adopted.
To be in a strong position to support countries in implementing the new global AIDS strategy and achieving the targets set out in the Political Declaration on AIDS, UNAIDS embarked on an ambitious internal transformation across three workstreams—the realignment of the organization, the global AIDS strategy and a culture transformation for a safe, equal and empowering workplace.
New UNAIDS high-level organizational structure
On 12 July 2021, UNAIDS’ senior leadership endorsed a high-level organizational structure. On 23 November 2021, the Cabinet approved the staffing proposals for the new organizational structure.
The new structure presents a bold, knowledge-driven, networked Secretariat that builds on the organization’s unique added value while strengthening the areas of work that the Secretariat is already known for, such as communities and key populations, advocacy and human rights, gender equality and strategic information. The new structure elevates emerging issues, such as sustainable financing for HIV, health and pandemics. The new structure strengthens the organization’s function as the Secretariat of the Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS. It allows for better collaboration with cosponsors, ensures UNAIDS is closer to the needs of people living with and affected by HIV and better equipped to deliver on its mandate. The implementation of the new organizational structure started in mid-2022 and was carried out in a phased manner.
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