Data for impact — How UNAIDS data is guiding the world to end AIDS

Data have long served as the bedrock of the global AIDS response. Timely, accurate data inform HIV policies and programmes, strategic planning and resource allocation in order to maximize the impact of the response. 

As part of the UN’s data strategy — which seeks to nurture data as a strategic asset for insight, impact and integrity — UNAIDS plays an indispensable role in generating data for effective action against the AIDS pandemic.