Publications on People Living With HIV (PLHIV)

2016 was a year of consolidating, catalyzing and achieving incredible results, for the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). We pursued our strategic objectives: to mobilize demand for optimal HIV treatment; we supported civil society to challenge unfair barriers that limit access to essential HIV drugs; and we laid the ground for scaled up community monitoring of HIV treatment services. Our approach, of educating communities, and supporting community-based research and advocacy, informs all our programs.

People infected with TB bacteria have a 10% lifetime risk of falling ill with TB. However, persons with compromised immune systems, such as people living with HIV, malnutrition or diabetes, or people who use tobacco, have a much higher risk of falling ill.

This progress report presents the state of the epidemic and response at regional and country levels with challenges and opportunities that will help Member States, WHO and other key stakeholders identify areas for prioritization and focus to fast-track the HIV response at national and subnational levels to reach 90-90-90 targets of 2020 and pave the way for achieving the SDG target of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

The guidelines contained in this document are intended to delineate the processes to be followed for prevention and management of TB in people living with HIV (PLHIV) at antiretroviral therapy (ART) centres.

Zero Discrimination Day on 1 March is an opportunity to celebrate everyone’s right to live a full and productive life with dignity—no matter what they look like, where they come from or whom they love. Let’s come together to end discrimination and celebrate diversity, tolerance and inclusion.

People around the world face barriers to accessing quality health care and enjoying the highest attainable standard of health. Why this occurs varies between countries and communities, but some barriers are present everywhere. These include the various forms of discrimination faced by people who are marginalized, stigmatized, criminalized and otherwise mistreated because of their gender, nationality, age, disability, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religion, language, socioeconomic status, or HIV or other health status, or because of selling sex, using drugs and/or living in prison.

By 2015, for the first time in history, Malaysia has successfully halved the new infections in 2000 (22 per 100,000 population).

The HIV and social protection assessment tool is used for a quick scan of existing social protection programmes and their sensitivity (or lack of) to the HIV response in a given country and location.

This report presents a summary of existing policy and legal environment related to HIV services in Pakistan which safeguard the universal human rights of the key affected populations with regard to the HIV prevention, care and treatment.

These guidelines outline the public health approach to strengthening and expanding current testing practices for HBV and HCV infection, and are intended for use across age groups and populations.