People around the world continue to face barriers to accessing quality health care and enjoying the highest attainable standard of health, despite the right to be free from discrimination being enshrined in multiple human rights treaties, national laws and constitutions.

Why this occurs varies between countries and communities, but some barriers are present everywhere. Evidence shows that people are often stigmatized and discriminated in health-care settings because of their HIV status, race, age, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity, or an intersection of many other grounds.

There are several initiatives that aim at addressing HIV-related discrimination, but they often lack a concerted approach. To bring together current efforts from all relevant stakeholders to ensure that everyone, everywhere, enjoys health services without discrimination, UNAIDS and the Program on Global Health and Human Rights, University of Southern California, have partnered to map out existing tools to assess and address HIV-related stigma and discrimination in health care.

The web-based repository and tool finder at www.zeroHIVdiscrimination.com will enhance knowledge of existing tools and facilitate their use.