Mission and Vision

Mission and Vision

The UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa (UNAIDS RST ESA) provides timely, quality and coherent technical support and advice to UNAIDS Country Coordinators and country offices in order to enable them to fully deliver on commitments to strengthen the national AIDS response.

Within the overall goal to catalyse and facilitate an expanded response to HIV and AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa the RST supports action to:

• Halt the epidemic by preventing new infections;
• Expand access to treatment, care and support for people living with HIV and AIDS;
• Expand care, protection and support for orphans and families affected by HIV and AIDS.

Vision

The vision of the UNAIDS RST ESA is that the people of Eastern and Southern Africa take control of the HIV epidemic. It is a vision where young people, women and men have the information, skills, services and support necessary to stop new infections; where all people living with HIV live in an environment free from stigma and discrimination and have access to life-saving treatment and care; and where children, especially orphans, and families affected by HIV and AIDS receive  compassionate and comprehensive care, protection and support.

Mission

The mission of the UNAIDS RST ESA is to mobilise regional partnerships and draw on the collective strengths of the UN system to support and strengthen country-level capacities to scale up national programmes towards the achievement of universal access to prevention, treatment and care.