On this World AIDS Day, we are committed to sustaining and accelerating HIV progress globally so that—
Hear from our experts:
Innovation has gotten us so far—just this year, JSI supported the groundbreaking rollout of CAB-LA, the first long-acting injectable HIV prevention option available outside of a research setting or the United States. But we must continue innovating and pushing for more person-centered treatment and prevention options.
In addition to product innovation, we must continue to innovate in service delivery. It doesn’t matter how great the product is if it can’t get to the right people. Traditional service delivery has effectively reached millions of people with HIV prevention and treatment, and yet, gaps persist. Offering differentiated service delivery models that meet people where they are helps us close those gaps and keep people healthy.
To sustain the HIV response, we must continue to make care more person centered. Person-centered care means reimagining service delivery to be simple, accessible, and empowering, offering people the tools and choices they need to take charge of their health. When care is designed with people in mind, it doesn’t just improve outcomes—it transforms lives by keeping individuals engaged in treatment and prevention, halting HIV’s spread, and fostering healthier communities.
Every person in the health ecosystem has the opportunity to make care more person centered. The more that program designers, facility managers, and policymakers understand the elements that enable person-centered care at the service and system level, the more they can institutionalize this approach and advance quality services for all.
We have made a lot of progress in gathering quality HIV data for decision-making and monitoring, but this effort has been labor intensive and siloed. As we look toward the future of the HIV response, especially toward more nationally owned and integrated responses, we must improve the interoperability of our data and information systems with broader health systems to better equip a holistic, national response.
To support this interoperability, effective governance mechanisms must evolve to enable greater collaboration and accountability toward shared goals, which can advance both HIV and quality primary health care delivery.
To sustain the HIV response, we need to close the existing gaps in HIV prevention, care, and treatment, especially for people at higher risk of HIV acquisition or advanced disease, such as children, adolescent girls and young women, people engaged in sex work, and those marginalized for their gender identity or sexuality.
As the HIV response moves toward more integrated care, we need to ensure that the health workforce is supported in that transition so that these key populations are not left behind. This means that 1)policies and guidelines are in place to enable this integration, 2) management structures provide the mentorship needed, and 3) the workforce is trained in how to offer stigma-free care and provide new services (or can link clients to providers that do).
