New UNAIDS Report

Just released!
UNAIDS at country level. Supporting countries as they move towards universal access
C 500 UNA 2007
Geneva, UNAIDS, 2007.
This report is available online. Click here to download it. There's also a copy in the library.

Excerpts from the introduction:
"In 2005 and early 2006, the landscape of the AIDS response shifted dramatically. Global pessimism over the unchecked spread of the disease in the developing world receded in the face of impressive efforts to expand access to treatment. Signs that prevention efforts were bearing fruit were seen in a growing number of countries from the hardest-hit regions, which started to report drops in HIV rates, particularly among the young. (...)
During this period, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) focused its country support work on two main areas. The first was improving the architecture of the AIDS response in the face of increasing complexity, growing resources and the involvement of new actors.(...) The second priority of country work was securing political commitment to a dramatic expansion of services for prevention, treatment, care and support. Through the universal access process, countries and regions assessed the current state of the epidemic, identified barriers preventing the expansion of services and began to develop roadmaps to considerably expand key services."