Assembly/AU/5 (X) Page 3 NAME RESPONSIBILITIES OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY Accelerating Access to Prevention, Care and Treatment, especially Lifesaving ARVs HEAD OF STATE (Botswana) HEAD OF STATE (Rwanda) HEAD OF STATE (Mali) HEAD OF STATE (South Africa) Chairperson Commission of the Africa Review Mechanism (APRM). Develop Strategies for Prevention and ARV Capacity Building to Achieve Universal Access: (monitoring bilateral donors, UN agencies, and international financial institutions) Accelerate prevention and ARV Treatment Programmes in Emergency situations, i.e. Great Lakes Initiative on HIV/AIDS (GLIA) Accelerate Continental, Regional and National Partnerships with Civil Society and the Private Sector to achieve universal access to prevention, care and treatment in Africa. Continental, Regional and National Resource mobilization to achieve the targets for universal access to prevention, treatment and care. Union • Accelerate Continental Initiatives to Local Production of ARVs and other essential drugs; • Accelerate Continental Initiative to Implement Pooled ARV Procurement approaches. • Ensure HIV/AIDS is kept high on Africa’s development agenda, and that Africa speaks with one voice at international fora. ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN BY AWA AWA Members: 8. The AWA Members (Heads of State and Government) undertook action as follows: - Breakfast Meetings during AU Assemblies Leadership with the HIV/AIDS response at the national level; Keep HIV/AIDS high on regional and continental development agendas; Convened a special video-conference with various stakeholders during the July 2003 AU Assembly, Maputo, Mozambique.