School of Public Health an d Community Medicine Analysis of political governance as a determinant of ART coverage using country level data Man, W.Y.N. 1, Worth, H 1. Kelly, A. 2, Wilson, D. 3 & Siba, P. 2, 1 International HIV Research Group, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2 Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Papua New Guinea 3 Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia Rationale and Method Considerable interest arisen in the role of governance or political commitment in determining success or failure of HIV/AIDS policies and programs, including roll-out of ART Aim of this project was to investigate governance as a determinant of ART roll-out in PNG (using country-level data) but grew bigger than that Collection of (low to middle income) country-level data on: Health burden and resources; socio-demography; economy; development; equality HIV prevalence; ART coverage (from UNAIDS/WHO databases, UNGASS reports) Indicators of political governance (World Bank)- political voice and accountability; political stability; control of corruption; government effectiveness; rule of law; regulatory quality; democracy scores (Polity IV Project) Study funded by the PNG AIDS Council Statistical Model/Analysis/Results Outcome variables: ART coverage 2009 as % persons needing it (UNGASS Indicator 4) Baseline multi-level model for univariate analyses of each potential predictor of ART coverage. Variables with p