ABSTRACT
The common narrative on the global response to HIV/AIDS is one of progress and positivity. Such progress is shown in two main ways: results and governance. The progress narrative associated with the response to HIV/AIDS in Africa is commonly associated with the results and gains in access to treatment and new infection rates. Financing for HIV/AIDS through international aid programmes has 'flat-lined' to an average of US$7.6 to 7.8 billion, 47" of which goes to HIV/AIDS programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The impact of HIV/AIDS interventions on the political economy of the health sector has wider ramifications for those states in Africa with high incidence rates. The war on HIV/AIDS introduced new agencies and processes at the national and local levels of government and embedded multi-sectoral working at the highest level of office. The Global Fund contributed to such agencies by housing its Country Coordinating Mechanisms in the national HIV/AIDS councils in countries such as Tanzania.
