Acceleration of HIV prevention in the WHO African Region
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Abstract
1. In 2005, ministers of health adopted resolution AFR/RC55/R6 on acceleration of HIVprevention in the African Region, calling upon Member States to accelerate HIV prevention anddeclaring 2006 the Year of Acceleration of HIV Prevention in the African Region. The resolutionalso requested the Regional Director to develop a strategy for acceleration of HIV prevention,provide the necessary technical support to countries, help mobilize additional resources and monitorimplementation.2. The strategy document, “HIV prevention in the African Region: strategy for acceleration andrenewal,” was developed and subsequently adopted at the fifty-sixth session of the RegionalCommittee. The strategy includes targets1 to be met by 2010, particularly in areas of HIV testing andcounselling (HTC); blood safety; prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV;prevention and control of sexually-transmitted infections (STIs); condom use; and access tocomprehensive prevention, treatment and care.3. This report complements the previous one submitted at the fifty-eighth session of the RegionalCommittee. It provides updated information on key health sector HIV prevention indicators definedin the strategy, and it highlights issues that should be taken into consideration for moving the HIVprevention agenda forward in the health sector.Citation
Regional Committee for Africa, 59. (2011). Acceleration of HIV prevention in the WHO African Region. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/1792
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AFR-RC59-INF-DOC-1