Since the launch of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition just under two years ago, much has been achieved. Through the Coalition, countries have transformed how they frame, measure and organize their national prevention responses.
Focus countries have rallied to reaffirm and strengthen leadership for prevention. A shared primary prevention agenda has been elevated to the centre of the global response, and national responses have been aligned to global targets and HIV prevention strategies have been strengthened. Focus countries report that the Coalition has promoted a more systematic and structured approach to prevention programming, and the major emphasis on consistent and resultsoriented framing of HIV prevention and strengthened accountability frameworks has supported programme scale-up.
The added value of the Coalition is already clearly visible in a number of focus countries and beyond. It is encouraging to note that gains in the world’s hardest hit region of eastern and southern Africa are driving global progress in reducing new HIV infections. This initial momentum urgently needs to be sustained by stepping up investment, improving efficiency, leveraging innovation and integration, and learning from our successes—allowing us to continue efforts to address persistent gaps in programme coverage and ensure that services and community programmes are available to everyone in need.
