Key Reports

WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF
Towards Universal Access. Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. Progress Report. September 2009
This report provides a global update on progress in scaling up priority health sector interventions for HIV prevention, treatment and care in 2008 towards the internationally endorsed goal of universal access.

Other related resources
Executive summary
Fact sheets
Highlights from Eastern and Southern Africa

WHO, UNAIDS, UNICEF
Towards Universal Access. Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. Progress Report. June 2008
The objective of this report is to monitor global progress in the health sector as it scales up HIV prevention, treatment and care interventions towards universal access.

This is the second in a series of annual progress reports developed by the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS in partnership with other international monitoring and reporting mechanisms to monitor the response of the health sector to HIV. It follows the 2007 progress report and previous “3 by 5” reports that charted the scaling up of antiretroviral therapy.

WHO, UNAIDS
Towards Universal Access. Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. Progress Report. April 2007
This first report addresses progress in scaling up the following health sector interventions:

• Antiretroviral therapy
• Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
• HIV testing and counselling
• Interventions for injecting drug users
• Control of sexually transmitted infections to prevent HIV transmission
• Surveillance of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

WHO, UNAIDS
Progress on Global Access to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy. A Report on 3 by 5 and Beyond. March 2006
This report describes global progress in scaling up access to antiretroviral therapy and outlines the areas in which important progress has been made and lessons learned. It also outlines the remaining challenges and roadblocks to treatment access.

UNAIDS
Scaling up Towards Universal Access: Considerations for countries to set their own national targets for HIV prevention, treatment, and care. April 2006
This document provides a preliminary set of guiding principles can help countries assess and formulate a limited set of targets and to track them in the context of scaling up a comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS and moving towards universal access

UNICEF
Children and AIDS: Third Stocktaking Report
This Stocktaking Report, the third since the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS initiative was launched in 2005, examines data on progress, emerging evidence, and current knowledge and practice for children as they relate to four programme areas known as the 'Four Ps': preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, providing paediatric HIV care and treatment, preventing infection among adolescents and young people, and protecting and supporting children affected by HIV and AIDS.

UNAIDS
What Countries Need. Investment needed for 2010 Targets
This UNAIDS report estimates that an investment of US$ 25 billion will be required for the global AIDS response in 2010 for low- and middle-income countries-US$ 11.3 billion more than is available today.

The investment needs is based on the country-defined targets to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment care and support by 2010. The new report anticipates that nearly one third of this investment will come from domestic sources, with investments from multilateral and bilateral sources needed for the remaining US$ 17 billion.

The report highlights that, of the total investments required, approximately one third is for activities addressing behavioural change, social drivers of the epidemic, social mitigation and other services that are managed outside of the health sector through multisectoral programmes.

UNAIDS
A letter to partners
Executive Director Michel Sidibé describes how UNAIDS will re-double its efforts in helping countries realize their universal access goals including indicator mapping and targeted country support for countries that might be lagging. The letter also outlines ten areas needed to achieve universal access goals.

World Bank
Averting a human crisis during the global downturn
The following papers offer a number of potentially useful policy options to help governments and their development partners safeguard human development gains as they navigate their way safely through the crisis

Key Declarations

The Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS(2006). Download

The Brazzaville Commitment on scaling up towardsuniversal access to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support in Africa by 2010 (2006). Download

The Abuja Call for Accelerated Action towards universal access to HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Services in Africa (2006). Download

Scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, Follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session: implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Note by the Secretary-General (2006).Download

The Gleneagles Communiqu: A renewed commitment of the G8 to Africa (2005). Download

Presentations

Renewed focus on Universal Access and the leadership agenda. April 2009

Universal Access Dialogue: some thoughts on promises, progress and priorities. April 2009