The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria declared its strong support for a new roadmap developed by UNAIDS, Fast Track: Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030.
►UNAIDS argues that the pace of responding to HIV in the next five years will be fundamental to ending the epidemic.
►“Countries will need to use the powerful tools available, hold one another accountable for results and make sure that no one is left behind,” Fast Track states.
►UNAIDS argues that the pace of responding to HIV in the next five years will be fundamental to ending the epidemic.
►“Countries will need to use the powerful tools available, hold one another accountable for results and make sure that no one is left behind,” Fast Track states.
A speedier end to the epidemic demands a smart and aggressive approach combining biomedical, behavioural and structural interventions.
Rapidly increased HIV testing, prevention and treatment and eliminating stigma and discrimination are key parts of the solution. With clear mileposts to measure acceleration, Fast Track strives to have 90 percent of people living with HIV knowing their HIV status, 90 percent of people who know their status receiving treatment and 90 percent of people on HIV treatment having a suppressed viral load by the year 2020.
The plan, referred to as 90-90-90, should be boosted to 95-95-95 by the year 2030. These indicators, coupled with zero discrimination, can reduce new adult HIV infections in low and middle income countries from 2.1 million in 2010 to nearly 200,000 in 2030. That would lower the epidemic so significantly to a level where it is no longer a global threat.
