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.

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Priorities in planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing services: operational guide

This operational guide on viral hepatitis testing services provides support to countries in developing policies and practices that define a ...

Implementing WHO evidence-based interventions for adolescents and young adults living with and affected by HIV

Adolescents and young adults aged 10-24 remain underserved in the global response against HIV. Combination prevention, treatment and care programmes use...

Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (‎EGASP)‎: surveillance report 2023

The WHO Enhanced Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (EGASP) was established to overcome the limitations of the original GASP framework...

List of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities

This document provides a list of key WHO-recommended maternal and newborn health commodities and aims to accelerate progress towards the SDGs. It consolidates...

Preventing HIV misdiagnosis: implementation guide

HIV testing programmes need to ensure that all clients who test for HIV are provided with correct diagnoses. The accuracy of HIV testing is critical to...

Eliminating HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis as public health problems by 2030 in lusophone countries

This report summarizes the outcomes of the meeting of lusophone countries held from 12 to 14 March 2024 in Brasília, Brazil focusing on integrated...

Optimization of second-line and third-line antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV

This report summarizes the clinical evidence, key challenges and research gaps for optimizing second-line and third-line antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens...

Implementing the global health sector strategies on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2022–2030: Report on progress and gaps 2024, second edition

This report is the first of a series of biennial progress reports on the implementation of the Global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral...