COVID-19 continues to threaten the gains made in the HIV response and has brought inequalities to the forefront, but civil society and community-based.
UNAIDS
The goal of putting the HIV response on a secure financial footing is a work in progress, with uneven results around the globe towards ensuring a sustainable, fully funded, effective, equitable and gender-sensitive HIV response. The 2020 target to mobilize at least US$ 26 billion for the HIV response was not met. Other targets, such as implementing efficiency measures to optimize the use of existing resources and to clear bottlenecks in scaling up services, were also missed.
A panel, Resources and Funding for an Effective AIDS Response, held on the sidelines of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on AIDS, deliberated on how to reach a sustainable, fully funded, equitable and effective HIV response in a challenging environment for health and development resources.
In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world will come together from 8 to 10 June to set out a bold new agenda to end another pandemic, 40 years after it