These consolidated guidelines provide guidance on the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, the care of people living with HIV and the use of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection. They are structured along the continuum of HIV testing, care and ...

Tremendous progress against AIDS over the last 15 years have inspired a global commitment to end the epidemic by 2030. The United Nations General Assembly agreed in June 2016 that ending AIDS by 2030 requires a Fast–Track response to reach three milestones by 2020: Reduce ...

This paper, intended as a resource for parliamentarians, is the result of long-standing, close collaboration between the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). IPU and UNAIDS hope it will inspire and help parliaments and parliamentarians everywhere take strong political ...

Despite decreases in the rate of spread in the last decade, the number of new HIV diagnoses in Europe continues to increase, and by 2011, reached over 1.2 million individuals, with over half a million diagnoses reported in the last five years. Between 2006 and ...

Why is HIV prevention important in Europe? The number of people who are newly infected with HIV each year continues to be unacceptably high. Despite the existence of proven prevention interventions, more than 136 000 people were newly infected with HIV in Europe in 2013. Rates of ...