AIDS policies and briefs

More than Money — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

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Joint actions by the Global Fund and UNAIDS are guided by a strong alignment of strategies, goals and targets. UNAIDS has worked with all stakeholders to set a common agenda and targets within the Global AIDS Strategy 2021–2026, and the United Nations General Assembly confirmed this strategy and its ambitious targets within its 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030.

UNAIDS Technical Support Mechanism - Annual Report 2019/2020

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This annual report summarises UNAIDS achievements through the Technical Support Mechanism (TSM) for the October 2019—September 2020 reporting period. It highlights the provision of high-quality technical support to enable countries to respond effectively to the HIV epidemic as a key aspect of UNAIDS ability to deliver on its strategic vision encapsulated in the Fast-Track commitments and targets.

Making the Investment Case: Cost-effectiveness Evidence for Harm Reduction

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HIV continues to rise among people who inject drugs, yet harm reduction funding is in crisis. Financial support for an effective HIV response for people who inject drugs in low- and middle-income countries totalled US$188 million in 2016 – just one-tenth of the US$1.5 billion that is needed annually by 2020. 

The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic

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HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has become one of the world’s most serious health and development challenges since the first cases were reported in 1981. Approximately 77 million people have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic. Today, there are approximately 36.9 million people currently living with HIV, and tens of millions of people have died of AIDS-related causes since the beginning of the epidemic.

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