Over the past 25 years, the global HIV response has made remarkable progress at controlling HIV epidemics, including reducing new infections and ensuring healthy lives for people living with HIV. However, progress has not been equal across epidemic settings or populations affected by HIV, and overall remains off track to achieve targeted 90% reductions in new infections and AIDS-related deaths by 2030. This presentation will review immediate challenges impeding attaingment of these goals, including sustaining high coverage of effective programmes in high HIV burden settings, regions and epidemiologic settings with lagging in progress, and population groups with distinct unmet needs. Moreover, whilst there are opportunities to accelerate progress toward Ending AIDS as a Public Health Threat by 2030, even with a successful response the global community will continue to live with HIV for decades to come. We will discuss long-term goals in responding to HIV and needs and priorities to sustain effective HIV responses that safeguard and continue epidemiologic gains.
CROI Conference
