Achieving Universal Access: A 2008 Baseline

Today DFID published Achieving Universal Access: A 2008 Baseline, a report that provides a snapshot of the AIDS epidemic globally in mid-2008; when the UK's AIDS strategy Achieving Universal Access was launched. This report gives a picture of the situation in the main areas of UK focus and support and will form the basis of our future reporting.

Publishing this baseline shows DFID's continued commitment to it's updated strategy and to universal access. This report provides a sound basis for implementation of the Strategy as DFID enters the crucial year of 2010; It makes clear the scale of the challenge ahead, the importance of meeting commitments, even in the current economic climate, and the urgent need for a focus on prevention as the only sustainable response to the epidemic.