UNAIDS and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) have published a best practice report to assist parliamentarians around the world frame policy and improve access to HIV treatment services.
Launching Fast-Tracking HIV treatment: Parliamentary action and policy options, the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, and the Secretary General of the IPU, Martin Chungong, described parliamentarians as having a pivotal role in expanding access to HIV treatment and helping UNAIDS reach its Fast-Track treatment targets.
They noted that expanding treatment involves respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of people most affected by HIV to ensure that everyone in need can access life-saving medicines.
"Parliamentarians play a key role in the AIDS response and increasing access to treatment. With their leadership, we can integrate science and policy to advance human rights and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030."
UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé
"Where parliamentarians are effectively engaged in the AIDS response, they can provide the critical leadership for a new vision for health – health services that leave no one behind and make treatment a reality for all."
Secretary General, Inter-Parliamentary Union, Martin Chungong
