Create Global Plan from a media perspective to combating AIDS
WEEK 3: International Development Organizations
Simulation – Instructions and Scenario
• In this simulation we will explore the 21st International AIDS Conference held in Durban, South Africa in 2016. The goal is to create an agreed upon global plan of action that addresses the objectives below.
You represent the media:
Please conduct research on your assigned entity. Please write a 300 word opening statement for the plenary session that includes your position and goals for the conference. Be sure to remain in your role throughout the situation.
Provide a 300 word draft plan of action for other entities to consider. Be sure to address epidemiology and prevention, social and economic issues, and policy and program implementation. Be sure to provide a specific, detailed plan on how to achieve MDG #6. Your draft plan of action should fit real world constraints and reflect the goals of the entity you represent.
AIDS 2016 Conference Objectives
AIDS 2016 aims to reinvigorate the response to HIV and AIDS by:
1. Bringing together the world’s experts to advance knowledge about HIV, present new research findings, and promote and enhance scientific and community collaborations around the world;
2. Promoting HIV responses that are supported by and tailored to the needs of at risk populations or people living with HIV, including women and girls, men who have sex with men, transgender people, sex workers, young people, and people who use drugs;
3. Promoting activism and community mobilization that holds leaders, industry, and governments accountable and increases their commitment to an evidence-based, human-rights-affirming HIV and AIDS response;
4. Advancing a clear agenda for HIV in a post-2015 framework, including the cross-cutting issues of criminalization, gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, rights, and stigma and discrimination that keep people living with HIV at the center of the HIV response; and
5. Building innovative partnerships with businesses, community, government, and science to strengthen HIV prevention and treatment efforts.
The material above is an excerpt from: http://www.aids2016.org/About/Overview/Theme-Objectives
