Coverage of selected services for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support in low and middle income countries in 2003
WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, USAID and the Policy Project
ISBN 1-59560-001-9
The Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on HIV/AIDS in June 2001 commits member states and the global community to taking strong and immediate action to address the HIV/AIDS crisis. It calls for achieving a number of specific goals, including reducing HIV prevalence among young men and women, expanding care and support, and protecting human rights. The Millennium Development Goals adopted at the Millennium Summit in September 2000 call for expanded efforts to halt and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015. Other important documents, such as the Abuja Declaration and Framework for Action on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases adopted at the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases in 2001, declare regional and national commitments to confront the epidemic.