The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to national AIDS programmes and partners actively involved in the country response to AIDS on use of core indicators to measure and report on the national response. These guidelines should strengthen the consistency and transparency of the process used by national governments. This information can also be used to prepare national,...

When communities are struck by conflict or natural disaster, older people are among the​ ​​​​most vulnerable people affected.

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At the end of 2010, an estimated 34 million people [31.6 million–35.2 million] were living with HIV worldwide, up 17% from 2001. This reflects the continued large number of new HIV infections and a significant expansion of access to antiretroviral therapy, which has helped reduce AIDS-related deaths, especially in more recent years.

The overall goal of this document is to provide guidance on how to develop and maintain HIV surveillance among populations most at risk for HIV. Ultimately, these surveillance activities should improve the overall understanding of HIV in countries and improve the response to HIV.

Why do we need to estimate HIV incidence? The estimation of HIV incidence, or the rate at which new HIV infection is acquired in a population, is required to evaluate the impact of HIV prevention measures, and to identify populations for recruitment into clinical trials of interventions to prevent infection or treat early infection. A number of different methodological approaches...