Moving ahead on the Key Population agenda in the Asia Pacific –follow up on Think tank meeting

A bi-regional WPRO/SEARO workshop on improving strategic information (SI) for HIV and Hepatitis Elimination, focusing on key populations was convened 26-28 March 2019. The meeting engaged nearly 80 delegations from 18 countries from SEARO and WPRO and was organized by WHO SEARO with WPRO, UNAIDS and the Global Fund. This meeting also built on recommendations developed as part of the Key Population Think Tank meeting held in Feb 2018 by SEARO which identified key population programming and related SI as the core to the effectiveness of the region’s response to HIV.