The BBS-lite (bio-behavioural survey “lite”) is a programme-based survey methodology for gathering actionable information on people from key populations to improve service delivery and guide decisions on programming for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections.

Adopted by United Nations Member States in June 2021, alongside ambitious targets for primary prevention and supporting
enablers, the 95–95–95 HIV testing, treatment and viral suppression targets aim to close gaps in HIV treatment coverage and
outcomes in all sub-populations, age groups and geographic settings.

As the UN's only cosponsored Joint Programme, UNAIDS has spearheaded a coordinated, multisectoral HIV response for nearly 30 years. The 2021 UN Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS, supported by UNAIDS' Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026, charts a clear path to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Taking this path is a sound political and financial choice that will save lives. We need a fully funded Joint Programme to drive the last mile, deliver SDG 3.3 and sustain progress.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Technical Support
Mechanism (TSM) was established in 2018 and is mainly funded by the United States
Government through an agreement with the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID). The TSM assists countries in consolidating and focusing their
HIV responses to deliver effective programming, strengthening Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund) grants, and supporting implementation
and sustainability. This Annual Report provides an overview of the achievements of the TSM for the reporting period 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023.

As progress lags in achieving most of the health targets of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3), efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 stand out as a beacon of hope. Since 2010, annual new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths have declined globally by 38% and 51%, respectively. Although the world as a whole is not currently on track to reach all the SDG targets, evidence clearly indicates that ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is achievable and that clear pathways exist to reach this goal.

This framework and its accompanying toolkit are designed to help the Joint Programme support countries and communities in their efforts to identify HIV-related inequalities and their drivers and to address them according to the Joint Programme’s comparative advantages and capacity—and, in doing so, support the full realization of human rights.