Reducing sexual transmission

Key publications

• Sexual and reproductive health and HIV - Linkages: Evidence review and recommendations (WHO/UNAIDS/UNFPA/IPPF/UCSF, 2009)
• UNAIDS Technical Consultation on Social Change Communication (UNAIDS, 2007)
• Behaviour change expert consultation (UNAIDS, 2006)

HIV prevention

• Practical Guidelines for Intensifying HIV Prevention: Towards universal access (UNAIDS, 2007)
• Intensifying HIV Prevention: UNAIDS Policy Position Paper (UNAIDS, 2005)

Condoms

• Position statement Condoms and HIV prevention (UNAIDS/UNFPA/WHO, 2009)
• Making condoms work for HIV prevention (UNAIDS/UNFPA, 2004)

Male circumcision

• Progress in male circumcision scale-up: country implementation update (UNAIDS/WHO, 2009)
• A guide to indicators for male circumcision programmes in the formal health care system (UNAIDS/WHO, 2009)
• Clearinghouse on Male Circumcision for HIV Prevention

Men who have sex with men and transgender people

• UNAIDS Action Framework: Universal access for men who have sex with men and transgender people (UNAIDS/UNDP, 2009)
• Prevention and treatment of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender populations (WHO/UNDP, 2008)
• HIV and sex between men: Policy brief (UNAIDS, 2006)

Sex workers

• UNAIDS Guidance note on HIV and sex work (UNAIDS, 2009)
• Online HIV/AIDS sex work toolkit (WHO)

Young people

• UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team on HIV and Young people
• Young people are leading the HIV prevention revolution (UNAIDS, 2010)
• A Strategic Approach: HIV & AIDS and Education (UNAIDS IATT on Education, 2009)
• HIV and Human Rights: Young People in Action (UNAIDS/UNESCO)
• Towards the finish line: Youth and universal access (AIDS2031, 2008)
• Review of Sex, Relationships and HIV Education in Schools (UNESCO, 2008)

HIV education

• UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team on Education
• Overview of HIV interventions for young people: Guidance brief (IATT HIV and young people, 2008)
• International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education: Volume I | Volume II(UNESCO/UNAIDS/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO, 2009)
• Guidelines for mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector (UNAIDS IATT on Education, 2009)
• Toolkit for Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in the Education Sector (UNAIDS IATT on Education, 2008)
• EDUCAIDS Technical briefs
• EDUCAIDS Overviews of practical resources

Tools and guidelines

• International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights (UNAIDS, 2006)
• International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education, Vol I (UNESCO/UNAIDS/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO, 2009) (pdf, 2.8 Mb)
• International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education, Vol II (UNESCO/UNAIDS/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO, 2009) (pdf, 2 Mb)

Cosponsor links

• WHO Linkages between sexual and reproductive health and HIV
• WHO Male circumcision
• UNFPA Comprehensive condom programming
• UNDP
• UNESCO young people and HIV

UNAIDS Strategy 2011-2015

Guided by the UNAIDS Strategy 2011–2015 —the ten Cosponsors and the UNAIDS Secretariat are united in working towards the vision of “Zero new infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths.”

2012 UNAIDS World AIDS Day Report

UNAIDS launched on 20 November the 2012 global report on the AIDS epidemic and the 2012 World AIDS Day report which outlines some significant progress made in the AIDS response in recent years.

• Access the report and related materials