UNAIDS welcomes reaffirmed leadership from the United States in the AIDS response and its continued commitment to saving lives through the United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). In its new strategy, released today, the US is placing emphasis on global HIV targets, country partnerships and resilient and durable health systems. It stresses that national self-reliance is critical to achieving and sustaining the shared global objective of ending AIDS as a public health threat.

The new strategy highlights several of UNAIDS’ global HIV targets as key benchmarks for US foreign health assistance, including:

• Ensuring that 95% of people living with HIV are aware of their HIV status, 95% of those who know their status are receiving lifesaving HIV treatment, and 95% of those on treatment achieve viral suppression
• Achieving a 90% reduction in new HIV infections by 2030 (compared to 2010 levels)
• Achieving a 90% reduction in AIDS-related deaths by 2030 (compared to 2010 levels)
• Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV in high-burden countries

This timely initiative underscores the continued support of the American people and the US Government in the historic effort to end AIDS—one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. By prioritizing results-driven targets like the UNAIDS 95-95-95 and 90% reduction in new infections by 2030, the US Government will help save millions more lives and accelerate progress to end AIDS.