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Has the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS made a difference?
Author(s) -
Massoud Nicole,
De Lay Paul,
Carael Michel
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.122
Subject(s) - declaration , session (web analytics) , general assembly , benchmark (surveying) , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , action (physics) , political science , developing country , computer science , program evaluation , quality (philosophy) , public relations , operations research , economic growth , public administration , economics , medicine , law , virology , mathematics , geography , philosophy , physics , geodesy , epistemology , quantum mechanics , world wide web
The 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS by 189 countries serves as a benchmark for global action. Definition of specific and time‐bound targets put pressure on these countries to accelerate program implementation, but the first progress reports indicate a low response rate for some indicators and concern about data quality.