Offline: Who should lead UNAIDS?
The Lancet - "Who is best qualified to lead an organisation—UNAIDS— that has not only suffered severe reputational loss, but also faces threats to its continuing existence? UNAIDS is a jointly sponsored UN programme that has, in its own words, “led and inspired global, regional, national, and local leadership, innovation, and partnership to ultimately consign HIV to history”. (by Richard Horton)
But some observers believe this glorious history is just that—history. Rob Yates was recently appointed head of Chatham House's Centre on Global Health Security. He wrote on Twitter last week that a new Executive Director of UNAIDS should have the “courage and ability to wind up the organisation and integrate it into @WHO”. (Photo: United States Mission Geneva/flickr, CC BY-ND 2.0)