TY - BOOK AU - Commonwealth Regional Health Community for East, Central, and Southern Africa. Secretariat. TI - Proceedings: The roles and functions of national councils/commissions and the health sector AIDS control programmes in East, Central, and Southern Africa AV - WC503.C66 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Arusha. PB - Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat, 2002. KW - AIDS (Disease) -- Africa -- Congresses.|AIDS (Disease).|Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control.|National Health Programs.|Program Evaluation N1 - The national AIDS Council/Commissions (NACS) which are multi-sectoral in character and specialized Ministries of Health National AIDS Control Programmes (MOH/NACPs) have critical and complimentary roles to play in the fight against HIV/AIDS at the national level. Although the response to the AIDS pandemic must be multi -sectoral in approach, the health sector has by far the most experience and a long history in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic Moreover there are dimensions of the pandemic such as treatment that can only be effectively tackled by the health sector ER -