New strategies for HIV/AIDS surveillance in resource-constrained countries

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
26-29 January 2004

In light of new advances in HIV surveillance, monitoring, prevention and treatment, a conference to update public health HIV/AIDS surveillance workers on the newest strategies for surveillance, develop a consensus on the best new methods and determine what further research is needed was held at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 26-29 January 2004. The conference was a collaborative effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Global AIDS Program (GAP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). An expert consultation was held immediately after the conference on 29-30 January 2004 to develop recommendations for future steps.

The purposes of the conference were to:

• Provide updates on emerging strategies for HIV and AIDS surveillance in update sessions
• Present and discuss future research on new strategies in HIV/AIDS surveillance
• Develop ideas to determine what further research, resources and technical assistance are needed to improve HIV and AIDS surveillance
• Write a summary document and journal supplement to update emerging best practices for conducting surveillance for HIV and AIDS in resource-constrained settings

This document provides a summary of the presentations, deliberations of the expert consultations and recommendations that emerged from the conference.

- Download PDF version of table of contents and background (5 pages, 193 kb)

- Download PDF version of the updates (32 pages, 4311 kb)

- Download PDF version of the sessions and work groups (66 pages, 4050 kb)

- Download PDF version of the summary of key issues and appendices (37 pages, 146 kb)