Launch of HIV and Health Situation Room in Lesotho

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Executive Director and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Michel Sidibé, is visiting Lesotho at the invitation of the Right Honourable Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, to launch the HIV and Health Situation Room.

The Lesotho HIV and Health Situation Room shows in real-time service delivery data, producing a comprehensive picture and understanding of the country’s HIV epidemic. The Lesotho HIV and Health Situation Room enables quick feedback on results at national and community levels and identifies any bottlenecks in access to health services. It aims to speed up and streamline communications between policy-makers and implementers to help Lesotho stay on track to reach its national HIV and health targets and to improve the lives of its people.

The Lesotho HIV and Health Situation Room, developed by the Ministry of Health in Lesotho, in collaboration with UNAIDS, is supported by the Government of Sweden, which contributed resources as part of its continued support to improving monitoring and evaluation of the global AIDS epidemic.

CONTACT

UNAIDS Johannesburg | Natalie Ridgard | +27 89 909 2637 | ridgardn@unaids.org

UNAIDS Lesotho | Ma-lord Mefane |+266 59453319 | mtmefane@yahoo.com

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