In AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, we take on the current state of global targets for the AIDS response, looking beyond pithy slogans to explore what’s in place and what’s not in terms of targets, resources and action to begin to end the AIDS epidemic. We also provide concise updates and calls to action on key prevention interventions including AIDS vaccines, voluntary medical male circumcision, microbicides, PrEP, and hormonal contraception use and HIV risk.
AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line
Intervention Update: Hormonal Contraception and HIV
Excerpted from AVAC Report: HIV Prevention on the Line, this update describes recent discussion and analysis in the search for answers as to whether hormonal contraceptives, including long-acting methods such as Depo-Provera (DPMA) and other injectable contraceptives and the implant, affect women’s risk of acquiring HIV.
Intervention Update: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Excerpted from AVAC Report: HIV Prevention on the Line, this update cites the success of a previous VMMC target and suggests the current lack of a target moving forward will stifle continued progress.
Intervention Update: What’s Next for AIDS Vaccines and the P5 Partnership?
Excerpted from AVAC Report: HIV Prevention on the Line, this update details attempts to test vaccine strategy which showed promise in the RV144 trial.
Mind the Gap
This graphic, presented in the AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, shows all the components of a comprehensive response to end the epidemic.
Targets that Worked
As seen in this graphic from AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, ambitious coverage targets that are well-defined in terms of the components of service delivery, impact and populations and need led to success for VMMC (VMMC) and antiretroviral therapy (ART).
A Target That Worked: 3 by 5
Appearing in AVAC Report 2014/2015: HIV Prevention on the Line, this graphic shows how a target was set and met to provide ART Treatment U=U to 3 million people.
New HIV Infections in Low-and Middle-Income Countries by Scenario
Appearing in the AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, this graphic illustrates how different combinations of interventions affect rates of HIV acquisition.
Targets that Require Work: PrEP and Combination Prevention
Targets are urgently needed for daily oral PrEP and combination prevention. This graphic, from AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line, proposes goals and shows what’s in place and what is missing today.
Past Success, Present Gaps: VMMC targets, 2011 and today
VMMC (VMMC) is a highly effective HIV prevention strategy that has benefited from ambitious target setting that ticked all the boxes—investment, political will and evidence. This graphic is from AVAC Report 2014/15: HIV Prevention on the Line.