As part of its commitment to HIV prevention, the SADC Secretariat HIV and AIDS Unit convened the SADC HIV Prevention Meeting: Achieving Prevention Targets on 7-9 June 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa. This was three years after the SADC Expert Think Thank Meeting on HIV Prevention in High-Prevalence Countries in Southern Africa, Maseru, Lesotho, that identified key drivers of theepidemic and made recommendations for an intensified response.

The June 2009 meeting discussed the degree of implementation of the key recommendations of the Maseru meeting and of the SADC HIV Prevention Strategy, reviewed the progress against UNGASS indicators and the SADC Epidemic Report, 2008, reviewed the successes, bottlenecks and the challenges experienced to date, and identified emerging evidence and issues and the highest priorities for HIV prevention in the coming period.