Asia and the Pacific countries commit to ending AIDS by 2030 during the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and AIDS

30 January 2015 – More than 30 countries from Asia and the Pacific region pledged on 30 January committed to ending the AIDS epidemic in the region by 2030 during the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and AIDS in Bangkok, Thailand. They adopted a new regional framework of cooperation to fast-track the HIV response with specific actions. Organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in cooperation with the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and other United Nations entities, the three-day meeting in Bangkok reviewed progress toward implementing transformative reforms on HIV prevention, treatment, care and support agreed to by national governments in 2012.

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