Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes
The Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes leads the development and implementation of the global health sector strategy on the elimination of the diseases as public health threats.
Global health sector strategies 2022-2030
The Seventy-Fifth World Health Assembly noted with appreciation the new Global Health Sector Strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030 (GHSS) and approved its implementation for the next 8 years.
The new strategies propose a common vision to end epidemics and advance universal health coverage, primary health care and health security in a world where all people have access to high-quality, evidence-based and people-centred health services. The GHSS promote the disease-specific goals to end AIDS and the epidemics of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections by 2030, with 5 strategic directions providing the overall guiding framework for achieving these goals.
Global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis, and sexually transmitted infections for the period 2022-2030 guide the health sector...
Vision and goals
| Vision | The strategies aspire to a common vision to end epidemics and advance universal health coverage, primary health care and health security in a world in which all people have access to high-quality evidence-based people-centred health services and can lead healthy and productive lives. |
| Goals | The strategies aim to end AIDS and the epidemics of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections by 2030, through joint action in areas of convergence while maintaining disease specificities. The goals are aligned with the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and WHO’s General Programme of Work. |
Vision, goals and strategic directions
Structure of the stategies
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Strategic directions
| 1: Deliver high-quality evidence-based people-centred services | 2: Optimize systems, sectors and partnerships for impact | 3: Generate and use data to drive decisions for action | 4: Engage empowered communities and civil society | 5: Foster innovations for impact |
Use evidence-informed guidance and service delivery innovations to accelerate access to and the uptake of a continuum of high-quality essential services for HIV,
viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections and other related health services, tailored to meet the needs of people in diverse populations and settings, ensuring that no one is left behind. | Take a systems-oriented approach that promotes synergies with primary health care, health governance, financing, workforce, commodities and service delivery while also
fostering multisectoral responses to social and structural determinants of health. Align and collaborate with partners – including funders, academic and research institutions, professional bodies and private sector entities –
for maximum impact. | Gather, analyse and use evidence and data, with disaggregation by sex, age and other relevant population characteristics, to monitor and evaluate progress, and to guide
action, innovation, research and development and to promote data transparency and accountability. | Engage communities and civil society, including key and affected populations, and support their self-empowerment and pivotal role in advocacy, service delivery and policy- making,
including to ensure that services are culturally appropriate and responsive to community needs, and to address stigma and discrimination and tackle social and structural barriers. | In collaboration with partners, contribute to defining and implementing national, regional and global research and innovation agendas that give priority to developing new technologies, service
delivery models and health system practices that will overcome key barriers to achieving progress against HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections. |
Theory of change
The vision, goals, strategic directions and actions of the strategies come together in a theory of change that demonstrates the pathway by which their implementation will lead to the desired results.
By implementing the 5 strategic directions through tailored shared and disease-specific country actions across the disease areas, and by placing people at the centre of all efforts, the global community can jointly contribute to ending the epidemics and advancing universal health coverage and health security.
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