Reports and Studies
Nov 30, 2018On World AIDS Day: Big Breakthroughs On HIV Self-TestingHealth Policy Watch - "A report launched jointly today by Population Services International (PSI), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the World Health Organization shows that people’s knowledge of their HIV status in sub-Saharan African countries nearly doubled just four years after self-testing programmes were introduced. |
Nov 30, 2018New UNAIDS report shows 75% of all people living with HIV know they are living with HIVUNAIDS - "Report also calls for increased efforts needed to reach the 9.4 million people living with HIV who are not aware they have the virus and the estimated 19.4 million people who do not have suppressed viral loads. |
Dec 14, 2018Quality of life for people living with HIVwww.aidsalliance.org - "This briefing describes what quality of life for people living with HIV is, why it matters and what interventions look like. It also explains where the concept of quality of life fits within global frameworks, such as the Sustainable Development Goals. |
Dec 08, 2018Technical Review Panel Report on Investments in Resilient and Sustainable Systems for HealthThe Global Fund - "The Global Fund invests significantly in programs to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. To maximize the impact of investments in these disease programs and sustain gains for the longer term, including beyond Global Fund support, important investments also need to be made in resilient and sustainable systems for health (RSSH). The Global Fund Strategy 2017-2022, in fact, identifies RSSH as one of four core objectives for our partnership. |
Oct 20, 2018No prevention, no endAVAC annual report 2018 - "In just about 24 months, the world will arrive at the deadline for the UNAIDS "Fast Track" goals for ending the epidemic. The primary fast-track goal for HIV prevention is reduction in new diagnoses from roughly 2,000,000 a year, to less than 500,000. There's no chance this goal will be achieved. In July 2018, days before the biennial International AIDS Conference, UNAIDS released its annual state-of-the-epidemic report and declared a “prevention crisis”. |
Oct 19, 2018Power to participants: a call for person‐centred HIV prevention services and researchJournal of the International AIDS Society - "Person‐centred HIV prevention reorientates power dynamics so that individuals (rather than interventions) are at the centre of the response. Respecting personal choice and agency – and understanding how these are shaped by the context in which people exercise these choices – are critical dimensions of the person‐centred approach. Community‐based participatory research should be employed to inform and evaluate person‐centred HIV prevention. |