title: Global Trends of Monitoring and Data Collection on the HIV Response among Key Populations Since the 2001 UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS.
abstract: Monitoring and evaluation indicators for HIV programs' response to the epidemic among key populations (sex workers, people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, transgender people) are critical for reviewing the global response. From the beginning of global reporting, insufficiency of data has been a challenge for monitoring the epidemic response among key populations. However, key populations were only indirectly referenced in the 2001 Declaration of Commitment. By the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, data from key populations were still not required from every country, and were sparsely reported compared to other indicators. The 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS referenced key populations by name for the first time. In 2006, fewer than twenty countries (10%) reported HIV prevalence among key populations, whereas in 2012 the number of countries surpassed sixty (30%).
authors.affiliation: Strategic Information and Monitoring Division, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.affiliation: Strategic Information and Monitoring Division, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland. Sabink@unaids.org.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2290-8621
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sabin
authors.affiliation: Evaluation and Economics Division, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Frescura
authors.affiliation: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Geneva, Switzerland.|UNAIDS Strategic Information and Monitoring Division (2010-2012), Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Miriam Lewis
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Sabin
authors.affiliation: Strategic Information and Monitoring Division, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Taavi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erkkola
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Toskin
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D000328:Adult; D014943:Global Health / Q000639:trends*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs; D015995:Prevalence; D015397:Program Evaluation; D060386:Sex Workers; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous; D014480:United Nations
keywords: HIV; Key populations; Monitoring and evaluation