Julia Cleves is UNAIDS’ principal adviser on the Scenario Project and has worked for UNAIDS for three years, initially as the Chief of the Executive Director’s office, and as then as the head of Policy Coordination. She is on special leave of absence from the UK’s Department for International Development, where she headed up DFID’s health and population work in India for four years, and then took up the position of deputy chief health and population adviser. She has spent ten years living and working in India, including a four year stint with Oxfam. She has a PhD in international development, and is the author of four books on health and development.