From Making the Case to Generating a Response The Answer lies Within

3. HIV and AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa

6. Where are we?

7. HIV/AIDS Epidemic

9. �Governance is defined as the exercise of political, economic and administrative authority to manage a nation�s affairs. It is the complex mechanisms, processes, relationships and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests, exercise their rights and meditate their differences� Governance embraces all methods that societies use to distribute power and manage public resources and problems� Effective democratic forms of governance rely on participation, accountability and transparency.� UNDP, 1997 Governance Challenge of HIV/AIDS

10. Meeting the Governance Challenge

16. L4R � A Synergistic Package for a Comprehensive Response to HIV/AIDS