Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting 2015
UNAIDS, February 2015 - "Intensive analysis and new data have enabled UNAIDS to release three critical reports in the past six months — the Gap Report, Fast-Track: Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030, and OUTLOOK: The Cities report. These three reports demonstrate just how dramatically we have succeeded in bending the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic.
Since 2001, new HIV infections have fallen by 38%. Even better news is that new infections among children have fallen by 58%, dropping below 200 000 in 21 highly affected countries in Africa for the first time. This is a significant milestone on our journey towards 2020 and 2030 in order to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat.
We have just five years to break the trajectory of the AIDS epidemic. Our progress over the next five years will determine the impact we can have in the subsequent 10 years through 2030. This is new, compelling evidence that we must not ignore.
These 2015 guidelines provide UN Member States with detailed information on how to collate the data and conduct the next round of global AIDS response progress reporting. I encourage all countries to use this opportunity to consult with key country constituents, including civil society, on how to focus the national AIDS response. This round of reporting is a further opportunity to concentrate our efforts on gathering and reporting more granular data, and to analyse sub-national data and make use of it for reprogramming.
Collecting and reporting high-quality results on the AIDS response are important elements of our agenda for shared responsibility and global solidarity." (UNAIDS).