Philippines: UNGASS 2010 Country Progress Report (January 2008-December 2009)

The Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC) convened the UNGASS core team in September 2009 with support from UNAIDS. Members of the core team were the Department of Health-National Epidemiology Center (NEC), National AIDS and STD Prevention and Control Program (NASPCP) and the PNAC Secretariat; National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA); Health Action Information Network (HAIN); Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare (PNGOC); UNAIDS; UNFPA; and, WHO. UNAIDS oriented the core team on the reporting format and the differences between of the 2010 from the 2008 UNGASS report. A work plan for the succeeding months and modalities for data collection was prepared. Workshops for the National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) and National Composite Policy Index (NCPI) were also scheduled. Lessons learned from the development of the 2008 UNGASS report informed the planning process for the development of the UNGASS report.