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HIV/AIDS: Australia's response

HIV/AIDS has emerged as one of the greatest global threats to development.

An estimated 33.2 million people are now living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, with 5 million of those in the Asia-Pacific region.

UNAIDS estimates that the number of people living with HIV in the Asia-Pacific region will reach 20 million by 2010 if our response is not accelerated. The effects of HIV/AIDS are devastating for individuals, families and nations, and threaten to reverse decades of development gains.

Australia has committed a total of $1 billion by 2010 in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.

Intensifying the Response: Halting the Spread of HIV [PDF - 2213KB] describes the aims, priorities and principles guiding Australia's response to the global pandemic.

Publications & research

For publications and research on HIV/AIDS see Publications: Health

See also:

Scoping Exercise - Options for AusAID support for comprehensive approaches to address HIV infection among men who have sex with men in the Asia Pacific Region [PDF 845KB]
Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS [PDF 46KB]
Towards a New International HIV Strategy for Australia, Consultation Paper, AusAID's Health and HIV Thematic Group
Gender-based approach to HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Photographic Exhibition (slide show)

June 2009