title: Global AIDS Reporting-2001 to 2015: Lessons for Monitoring the Sustainable Development Goals.
abstract: Since 2001 the UNAIDS Secretariat has retained the responsibility for monitoring progress towards global commitments on HIV/AIDS. Key critical characteristics of the reporting system were assessed for the reporting period from 2004 to 2014 and analyses were undertaken of response rates and core indicator performance. Country submission rates ranged from 102 (53%) Member States in 2004 to 186 (96%) in 2012. There was great variance in response rates for specific indicators, with the highest response rates for treatment-related indicators. The Global AIDS reporting system has improved substantially over time and has provided key trend data on responses to the HIV epidemic, serving as the global accountability mechanism and providing reference data on the global AIDS response. It will be critical that reporting systems continue to evolve to support the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goals, in view of ending the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030.
authors.affiliation: Global Health - Health Systems and Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden. tobias.alfven@ki.se.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Alfvén
authors.affiliation: UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Erkkola
authors.affiliation: UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ghys
authors.affiliation: UNAIDS (The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS), Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Padayachy
authors.affiliation: Cancer Institute, NSW Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warner-Smith
authors.affiliation: Claremont Evaluation Center- New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rugg
authors.affiliation: , Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Lay
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D058872:Epidemics; D014943:Global Health; D006040:Goals; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011634:Public Health; D011640:Public Policy; D014480:United Nations
keywords: AIDS; Evaluation; GARPR; HIV; MDG; Monitoring; SDG; UNGASS