Scientific Facts on AIDS

6. What strategies are recommended by UNAIDS to halt and reverse the epidemic?

* 6.1 Recommendation #1: Sustain and increase commitment and leadership
* 6.2 Recommendation #2: Sustain and increase financing
* 6.3 Recommendation #3: Aggressively address AIDS-related stigma and discrimination

HIV positive mother and child, Ukraine
HIV positive mother and child, Ukraine
Credit: UNAIDS/WHO/V

AIDS is exceptional and the response to AIDS must be equally exceptional. Over the last 25 years nearly 65 million people were infected with HIV and about 25 million have died of AIDS-related illnesses. Today, nearly 40 million people are living with HIV and the vast majority of them do not know that they are infected.

Note: numbers are based on estimates made in 2005, which were revised in 2007. See the 2007 UNAIDS report for the latest estimates.

However, the considerable efforts made since 2001 are insufficient and progress is uneven within and between countries and regions. To be able to slow, stop and reverse the epidemic, countries need to plan the long-term fight against AIDS rather than simply deal with crises.

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6.1 Recommendation #1: Sustain and increase commitment and leadership

AIDS is a matter of extreme national importance and therefore governments and heads of state need to be active and outspoken about their commitment to implement strategies that involve multiple sectors.

Countries need to include programmes to fight AIDS into their general development plans with the full and active participation of civil society and the private sector, ensuring full accountability of all partners and transparent reporting on progress made in the country or region.