HIV in Asia and the Pacific: Getting to Zero

This report, HIV in Asia and the Pacific: Getting to Zero, comes at a decisive point in the international and regional response to the HIV epidemic.

In June 2011, 192 Member States of the United Nations agreed to bold new targets and commitments that can make AIDS a thing of the past, including:
• reducing sexual transmission of HIV by 50%;
• halving HIV infection among people who inject drugs;
• eliminating new HIV infections among children;
• increasing in the number of people on lifesaving treatment to 15 million; and
• closing the US$ 6 billion global AIDS resource gap.
World leaders pledged to achieve these goals by 2015, which will move us closer towards the vision of Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths.

'Getting to Zero' in Asia and the Pacific demands evidence-based responses that solidly focus on and involve key populations most at risk, are adequately resourced and grounded in human rights. Increasingly, countries are acting on this knowledge – and reaping the rewards. Tremendous progress has already been made, proving that the epidemic can be reversed, and that HIV treatment and care can be brought to those who need it.