Second Generation Surveillance Surveys of HIV, Other STIs and Risk Behaviours in Six Pacific Island Countries 2004-2005

In 2003, a regional proposal to strengthen HIV surveillance and related laboratory capacity in six sentinel Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) - Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu - was funded by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM). The implementation of Second Generation HIV Surveillance (SGS) will develop and enhance existing sexually transmitted infection (STI), HIV and behavioural surveillance systems and provide epidemiological data on which to design and evaluate targeted interventions.