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This technical brief aims to support these trends, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and improve PrEP uptake, persistence, and effective use by providing implementation guidance for differentiated and simplified service delivery. The brief aims to support a range of stakeholders in planning and implementing PrEP services and supplements and updates previously published WHO PrEP implementation guidance.

The Fiji Bureau of Statistics officially launched the results of Fiji’s first ever Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2021 to support the Government in providing reliable data to measure progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Fiji is the fifth country in the Pacific region to conduct a MICS survey. The data generated through the Fiji MICS will be used by the government to strengthen its response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.  

With the dearth of data in many prison systems, Global Prison Trends is pivotal in bringing to light the information that is available to identify and highlight key trends affecting the 11.5 million people in prisons worldwide. Data and information are critical in the global struggles facing societies, especially in managing crises as seen with the COVID-19 pandemic or as conflict breaks out. Data is also vital in challenging exclusion, realising human rights of those most left behind and keeping governments true to their commitments under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. As the global prison population rises year-on-year, we see the need for stronger action to reform policies and laws that drive this growth. These outdated policies and laws counter both longstanding and recent commitments to reduce imprisonment and implement rehabilitative-focused criminal justice systems.

amfAR’s TREAT Asia program and three partner organizations initiated two Community Treatment Observatories (CTOs) to assess availability, accessibility, acceptability and quality of services for HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) in India and Indonesia. It is hoped that the resulting analysis, available here, will help inform and advance advocacy priorities aimed at improving and expanding access to HIV and HCV services in the two countries.   

The annual report provides a glimpse into some of the key activities and projects and highlights Youth LEAD’s contribution to the regional HIV response. The annual report also explores how Youth LEAD’s efforts align with other global strategies, but more importantly, how the activities align with Youth LEAD’s strategic priorities.

This report describes the HIV epidemic among young people from key populations in the region, takes stock of HIV programmes for such people, and pinpoints the priority actions that will speed up progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat in the region.

Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa have all seen increases in annual HIV infections over several years. In Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS data now show new HIV infections are rising where they had been falling. Action to tackle the inequalities driving AIDS is urgently required to prevent millions of new HIV infections this decade and to end the AIDS pandemic.

National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India periodically undertakes the HIV estimation process to provide updated information on the status of the HIV epidemic in India. The first round of HIV estimation in India was undertaken in 1998, while the last round was completed in 2019. India HIV Estimates 2020, the latest round in this series, provides the current status of the HIV epidemic in the country and its States/Union Territories (UTs) on key parameters of HIV prevalence, new infections, AIDS-related mortality and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) need.

The National HIV Strategic Plan 2021 – 2026 promotes a people-centred approach, grounded in principles of human rights and health equity. It will contribute to a significant decline in new HIV infections and HIV-related deaths, while also improving the health and well-being of all people living with HIV. It will guide efforts to accelerate and focus HIV prevention, empower people to know their HIV status, provide antiretroviral therapy and comprehensive long-term care to all people living with HIV, and challenge pervasive HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

The Goal of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide clear guidance and instruction for clinicians, health care workers and supervised CBO providers on appropriate PrEP implementation.