Treatment

The purpose of the present document is to outline a regional framework that can support Governments in accelerating and monitoring their national efforts towards universal access through regional cooperation, including the sharing of information, experiences and good practices related to the HIV and AIDS response.

Based on the available evidence and success stories such as those cited, more and more countries are scaling-up the implementation of appointment-spacing and MMD. This Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) is designed to help ART service providers in Cambodia implement appointment-spacing and MMD for eligible patients – that is, patients whose condition is determined to be stable – which will reduce the need for frequent visits and help to reduce providers’ workload.

Globally, at the end of 2017, only 5 million – or 7% – of the 71 (62–79) million people chronically infected with HCV had cumulatively received treatment with DAAs. As countries continue to tackle the disease burden and service disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical to ensure that the recent momentum and gains in the response to hepatitis C are not lost. Against this backdrop, this report is a strong reminder to continue to invest in building resilient and sustainable health systems that are focused on universal health coverage.

This is the first global health sector strategy on viral hepatitis, a strategy that contributes to the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

The development of AIDS Epidemic Model for Ending AIDS in Malaysia marks another important milestone in the country’s unswerving commitment in shaping effective and sustainable response to the epidemic. To date, the country has notched many successes through its determined leadership aimed at reversing and halting the epidemic. New HIV infection rate has declined by half, falling from 22 per 100,000 populations in 2000 to 11 per 100,000 populations in 2009.

In this report, UNAIDS is announcing that 18.2 million people now have access to HIV treatment. The Fast-Track response is working. Increasing treatment coverage is reducing AIDS-related deaths among adults and children. But the life-cycle approach has to include more than just treatment. Tuberculosis (TB) remains among the commonest causes of illness and death among people living with HIV of all ages, causing about one third of AIDSrelated deaths in 2015. These deaths could and should have been prevented.

Emerging three years after the launch of Treatment 2015, this report celebrates the world's achievement of this historic milestone, which is saving more lives than ever before. As this report reveals, we have indeed learned how to do better in bringing HIV treatment to those who need it.

The UNAIDS report Fast-Track: Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 outlines that by taking the Fast-Track approach nearly 28 million new HIV infections and 21 million AIDS-related deaths would be averted by 2030.

Fast-tracking the AIDS response and setting ambitious targets are critical to ending the AIDS epidemic. This requires transforming the vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths into concrete milestones and endpoints.