Leading the Way: USAID Responds to HIV/AIDS

This monograph discusses the work of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) toward preventing and lessening the impact of HIV/AIDS in the developing world. The monograph begins by presenting data on AIDS and its impact in the developing world. This is followed by the USAID response from the beginning of the epidemic to the present. The monograph describes USAID's current HIV/AIDS strategy, discusses the change in the way countries view the AIDS epidemic and efforts to contain it, and the challenge involved in continuing the fight against AIDS in some of the poorer regions of the world. It presents maps showing the prevalence of HIV among urban populations at high risk, HIV prevalence among women of childbearing age, and data on USAID HIV/AIDS funding for fiscal years 1997-2000 in the developing countries of the world.