title: The Role of Civil Society Organizations in Monitoring the Global AIDS Response.
abstract: Civil society organizations (CSOs) are recognized as playing an exceptional role in the global AIDS response. However, there is little detailed research to date on how they contribute to specific governance functions. This article uses Haas' framework on global governance functions to map CSO's participation in the monitoring of global commitments to the AIDS response by institutions and states. Drawing on key informant interviews and primary documents, it focuses specifically on CSO participation in Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting and in Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria processes. It argues that the AIDS response is unique within global health governance, in that CSOs fulfill both formal and informal monitoring functions, and considers the strengths and weaknesses of these contributions. It concludes that future global health governance arrangements should include provisions and resources for monitoring by CSOs because their participation creates more inclusive global health governance and contributes to strengthening commitments to human rights.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Blusson Hall, Room 11802, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada. jhs6@sfu.ca.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.affiliation: UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Christoforos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mallouris
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Blusson Hall, Room 11802, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada.
authors.forename: Kelley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.|Global Health - Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alfvén
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D014943:Global Health; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D009938:Organizations
keywords: AIDS; Civil society organizations; Global Fund to Fight AIDS; HIV; Malaria; Monitoring; Tuberculosis; UNAIDS