UNAIDS Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee calls for HIV testing revolution
UNAIDS - The participants of a meeting of the UNAIDS Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) have called on UNAIDS to lead global efforts to galvanize an HIV testing revolution. The target is to achieve 90% of people living with HIV knowing their HIV status by 2020. In 2015, only 60% of people living with HIV knew their HIV status.
In a mid-term review of progress towards the 90–90–90 targets, held on 9 and 10 April in Geneva, Switzerland, the participants heard that late HIV diagnosis represents the single greatest barrier to increasing rates of HIV viral suppression globally. New testing technologies have emerged, but programmes must reach the people who need HIV testing services. (Photo: Close the HIV Testing Gap: the World AIDS Day at the ILO 1 December 2014/International Labour Organisation/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)