The UNAIDS and Lancet Commission: Defeating AIDS – Advancing global health

World must drastically accelerate AIDS efforts or face more HIV infections and deaths than five years ago—says UNAIDS and Lancet Commission

New report ‘Defeating AIDS–Advancing global health’ shows that innovations in the AIDS response should be exploited to meet future global health challenges.

Asia and the Pacific committed to setting ambitious HIV prevention and treatment targets

Significant progress has been made in the Asia and the Pacific region towards reaching the targets of the 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, and the region can aspire to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. This was one of the main conclusions of the two-day consultation held on 12 and 13 June in Bangkok, Thailand, to discuss the challenges and opportunities for accelerating the scale-up of HIV prevention and treatment programmes in the region post-2015.

UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit calls for a strong focus on AIDS and health in post-2015

UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway stressed the importance of respect for human rights and dignity for all in ending the AIDS epidemic at a high-level event on the contribution of human rights and the rule of law in the post-2015 development agenda.