Policy & Programming

Donors at the Global Fund’s Six Replenishment Conference in Lyon, France pledge US$14.02 billion for the next three years to end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030.

Primary results from the largest community-randomised trial of the universal HIV test-and-treat strategy find that treatment alone is unlikely to end the epidemic.

A new set of international legal standards are released to reshape the response to the world drug problem.

After recommending self-testing as an effective way to reach more people with HIV, the WHO issues an updated policy brief to optimise its implementation.

Increasing evidence emerges about the impact of climate change on the HIV epidemic.

Based on new evidence, the WHO recommends DTG as the preferred first-line and second-line treatment for all populations, including pregnant women.

The DREAMS initiative is established to reduce HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa.

Unitaid launches a four year programme to kick-start self-testing in Africa.

UK government lifts a ban that prohibited doctors with HIV from performing surgeries.

The British Court of Appeals rules that the National Health Service is able to pay for Pre-exposure prophylaxis.