The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to countries for the development of a communication strategy for the Joint UN Team on AIDS and in support of the Joint UN Programme of Support.

The purpose of this document is to provide practical documentation on regional needs and explain the work of UNAIDS in the various countries.

The impact of HIV-related restrictions on entry, stay and residence: an annotated bibliography was commissioned by the International Task Team on HIV-related Travel Restrictions. The Task Team was established by UNAIDS in January 2008 as an advisory/technical group whose role was to galvanize attention to such restrictions on national, regional and international agendas, calling for and supporting efforts towards their elimination. The principles of non-discrimination and the greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS Principle formed the core of the Task Team’s work and provided the context in which its efforts were set.

UNAIDS Outlook 2010, explores new ideas and ways to use the data collected in the AIDS Epidemic Update companion report.

This letter comes to you from Swaziland, where I just visited a Family Life Association clinic. This integrated clinic brings together family planning, antenatal care, maternal and child health services, prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services and HIV counselling and testing, along with access to antiretroviral therapy. In the near future, I hope to see many more examples of integrated approaches to HIV.

UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative partnership that leads and inspires the world in achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.

This report provides a quick snapshot of the state of the AIDS response, key findings and action points. For the first time UNAIDS is presenting AIDS scorecards that provide a quick overview of the progress made by United Nations Member States in the global AIDS response.

The 2010 edition of the UNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic includes new country by country scorecards on key issues facing the AIDS response. Based on the latest data from 182 countries, this global reference book provides comprehensive analysis on the AIDS epidemic and response. For the first time the report includes trend data on incidence from more than 60 countries.

This Strategy has been developed through wide consultation, informed by the best evidence and driven by a moral imperative to achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support and the Millennium Development Goals.

There is a lot to be hopeful for as we approach the milestone of reaching the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. Much has been achieved—fewer people are dying of AIDS-related illnesses and the rate of new HIV infections has fallen by more than 17% since 2001. Recent breakthroughs in HIV prevention research – such as a woman initiated and controlled microbicide gel combined with the increasing scale up of male circumcision—hold promise for both women and men to protect themselves from HIV.