Fast track to 2030: granularity at a global scale
The Lancet HIV - The yearly event of World AIDS Day on December 1 is not only an opportunity to reflect on what has been achieved and to revive global commitment it is also an important occasion to set new targets.
This was also the case in 2014 with "cities around the world launching the 2014 Paris Declaration Fast-Track Cities: Ending the AIDS Epidemic". (...) "The 200 cities most affected by the epidemic are estimated to be home to a quarter of all people affected by HIV; and in many places, HIV epidemics are concentrated in key populations, members of which often congregate in urban centres.The 2014 Paris Declaration recognises that each city will have its own social structure, its own specific problems related to HIV treatment and prevention, and its own particular infrastructure to address the epidemic. In acknowledging the key role of urban centres in achieving ambitious targets and encouraging municipal authorities to take the reins, it should not cut cities adrift from their within-country context or from each other internationally." (The Lancet HIV, Editorial, Vol 2, January 2015)