The Global AIDS Strategy For 2026–2031: Towards ending AIDS

The global HIV response is at a critical juncture. The world is closer than ever to ending AIDS as a public health threat, yet that progress is at dire risk of being lost amid converging crises, widespread volatility and deepening inequalities.

The landscape of the HIV response has changed dramatically, marked by shifts in health and HIV-specific funding and the overall aid architecture, mounting fiscal pressures, and against human rights. At the same time, the emergence of innovations and technologies offer exciting new opportunities.

A pathway for ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 exists–and it remains open. It requires that the global response adapts to this challenging context, confronts the structural inequities that undermine access, and accelerates the expansion of HIV and other essential services in sustainable ways.

The 2026–2031 Global AIDS Strategy presents a framework and actions for doing that–by working together to serve the needs of people affected by, at risk of, and living with HIV in this period of upheaval and uncertainty.

The Strategy keeps people at the centre and outlines strategic directions and priority actions that will enable them to exercise their rights, protect themselves and thrive in the face of the HIV pandemic. It also summarizes the role of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in implementing the Strategy and its leadership role in coordinating the global HIV response.