New report card global HIV prevention urges renewed focus on people at greatest risk

An international panel of AIDS experts warned that global HIV prevention programs are not having the full impact they could, because they often overlook people at greatest risk of infection, and are not always rigorously planned and managed.
These are among the findings of a new report card on global HIV prevention released by the Global HIV Prevention Working Group (*) at the 18th International AIDS conference. The report card assesses the quality of global HIV prevention efforts against recommendations the Working Group has made over the past decade.
The card also includes recommendations to ensure that HIV prevention resources are used as effectively as possible e.g.:

• Match prevention strategies to national needs
• Rapidly scale up cost-effective prevention tools
• Set clear prevention targets and monitor progress
• Reform laws to combat HIV discrimination
• Increase funding for HIV prevention

For more information on the Global HIV Prevention Progress Report Card 2010 report please use the following link: http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/Global-HIV-Prevention-Progress-Report-Card-2010-PDF.pdf

* The Global HIV Prevention Working Group (www.globalhivprevention.org) is an international panel of more than 50 leading public health experts, clinicians, biomedical and behavioral researchers, advocates, and people affected by HIV/AIDS, convened by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.