Department for HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and STIs

Department for HIV, Tuberculosis, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections

The WHO Department leads the global effort to end the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis (TB), hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), ensuring that every person has equitable access to highest-quality people-centred scientific evidence and services, regardless of who they are or where they live.

About us

Global Programmes

Global HIV Programme

Data & statistics on HIV

Global TB Programme

Data & statistics on TB

Global Hepatitis Programme

Data & statistics on hepatitis

Global STIs Programme

Data & statistics on STIs

Strategies & accountability

Global Health Sector Strategies on HIV, Hepatitis and STIs

The Strategies promote disease-specific goals to end AIDS and the epidemics of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections by 2030, with 5 strategic directions providing the overall guiding framework for achieving these goals.

Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, hepatitis and STIs, 2022–2030: Report on progress and gaps 2024, second edition

End TB Strategy

Ending TB is not just a public health problem, but a development challenge and opportunity. WHO’s post-2015 End TB Strategy, adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2014, aims to end the global TB epidemic as part of the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals.

Accountability Dashboard

At-a-glance accountability dashboard for progress on global strategies for HIV, Hepatitis and STIs with status on impact indicators, services delivered, and adoption of WHO policies. Country scorecards measure progress towards HIV incidence and mortality, and reaching service targets.

News

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20 November 2025

Departmental update

World Children’s Day Message 2025 - “My Day, My Rights”

12 November 2025

News release

Global gains in tuberculosis response endangered by funding challenges

13 October 2025

News release

Maldives becomes the first country to achieve ‘triple elimination’ of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B

9 October 2025

Departmental update

WHO announces the development of new recommendations on HTLV-1

8 October 2025

Departmental update

WHO releases new guidelines on tuberculosis and undernutrition

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Events

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World AIDS Day 2025: Geneva commemoration event

1 December 2025 15:00 – 18:00 CET

2025

World AIDS Day 2025 – Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response

1 December 2025

Launch of WHO Integrated drug resistance action framework for HIV, hepatitis B and C, and STIs

19 November 2025 15:00 – 16:30 CET

From resistance to resilience: drug-resistant gonorrhoea in 2025

19 November 2025 13:00 – 14:30 CET

#EndTB Webinar: Multisectoral engagement to address the social determinants and key drivers of the TB epidemic

11 November 2025 12:00 – 14:30 CET

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Publications

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The Integrated Drug Resistance Action Framework for HIV, Hepatitis B and C, and Sexually Transmitted Infections (2026–2030) outlines a unified...

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Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP): gonorrhoea treatment optimization, 2024 report

The WHO Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP) monitors Neisseria gonorrhoeae antimicrobial resistance to guide treatment...

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Priority setting in tuberculosis programme planning: policy brief

In an era of constrained resources and tightening budgets, strategic prioritization in tuberculosis (TB) programming is more critical than ever. Countries...

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The WHO Global tuberculosis report 2025 provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the TB epidemic, and of progress in prevention, ...

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Catalyzing solutions for equitable global access and sustainable financing for novel tuberculosis vaccines for adults and adolescents

This report was developed by the WHO TB Vaccine Accelerator Finance and Access working group, co-led by WHO, Gavi and the Government of South Africa. It...

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Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis: annual meeting report, Geneva, Switzerland, 10-11 June 2025

This report provides the conclusions and recommendations of the 25th meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for Tuberculosis (STAG-TB),...

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Orientación unificada sobre la generación y el uso de datos en relación con la tuberculosis. Módulo 4: Encuestas sobre los costos de la tuberculosis para los hogares

One of the three high-level targets of the World Health Organization’s End TB Strategy (2016–2035) is that no TB-affected households face total...

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Ending tuberculosis in the WHO South-East Asia Region: reflections and the road ahead in the milestone year of 2025

Policy Brief: Prioritization and sustainable financing of tuberculosis interventions in the WHO South-East Asia Region amid a changing funding landscapeTuberculosis...

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