The United Nations in New York City, unveiled the new post 2015 Millennium Development goal for AIDS

The UNAIDS 90-90-90 target, is a bold, ambitious target to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

Announced Thursday by UN Deputy Secretary Jan Eliasson, the 90-90-90 target is supported by UNAIDS Executive Director and UN Under-Secretary-General Michel Sidibé. The 90-90-90 goal is modeled on the made-in-BC strategy of Treatment as Prevention¨ (TasP¨), pioneered by Dr. Julio Montaner at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE).

The UNAIDS aims of the 90-90-90 target are to have:

• 90% of all people living with HIV knowing their HIV status
• 90% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection receiving sustained antiretroviral therapy
• 90% of all people receiving antiretroviral therapy achieving viral suppression

Achieving this would transform the HIV/AIDS pandemic into a low endemic sporadic disease by 2030.

Shaping the Future – Ending AIDS by 2030

Remarks by H.E. Mr. Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, on the High- level Event: Shaping the Future-Ending AIDS by 2030

United States Secretary of State, John Kerry makes remarks at UNAIDS-hosted event, Shaping the Future — Ending AIDS by 2030