The critical role of communities in reaching global targets to end the AIDS epidemic
UNAIDS - "There is now wide recognition that community responses must play an increasing role in addressing the epidemic in the years ahead. The Strategic Investment Framework, published in 2011, identifies community responses as a “critical enabler” of service delivery. UNAIDS has estimated that to achieve bold HIV treatment and prevention targets set in 2014, investments in community mobilization and services must increase more than threefold between 2015 and 2020. (...) .
This report draws on multiple sources to document the many ways in which communities are advancing the response to AIDS, and the evidence for the effectiveness of these responses. Core areas of community-based activities include advocacy, service provision, community-based research and financing; each of these areas is illustrated by examples of community-based actions."