The 37th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 to 28 October.
During the opening session, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé addressed the Board, giving an update of the progress made in the AIDS response as well as outlining the challenges of and opportunities for Fast-Tracking a global movement to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
Mr Sidibé said that the PCB meeting was taking place at an important time, shortly after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals that will drive the development agenda for the next 15 years. He said it is critical to renew the global commitment to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat. “The countdown to 2030 has started and calls on us to work in different ways,” he said.
The PCB will be considering the UNAIDS 2016–2021 Strategy during its meeting. The thematic segment will take place on 28 October and will focus on shared responsibility and global solidarity for an effective, equitable and sustainable HIV response for the post-2015 agenda.
The 37th meeting of the UNAIDS PCB is being chaired by Zimbabwe, with Switzerland acting as Vice-Chair and Ukraine as Rapporteur.
