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The 2022–2030 global health sector strategies on, respectively, HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections guide the health sector in implementing strategically focused responses to achieve the goals of ending AIDS, viral hepatitis B and C and sexually transmitted infections by 2030. They underline the critical role of the health sector in ending these epidemics, acknowledging that a multisectoral “Health in All Policies” approach is required to remove structural and systemic barriers to accelerating progress. The strategies call for a more precise focus to reach the people most affected and at risk for each disease and to address inequities. They promote synergies under a universal health coverage and primary health care framework and contribute to achieving the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Key takeaways: 

• The vision is to End epidemics and advance universal health coverage, primary health care and health security.
• The disease specific goals are to End AIDS and the epidemics of viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections by 2030. The suggested strategic directions are:
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based, people-centred services
• Optimize systems, sectors and partnerships for impact
• Generate and use data to drive decisions for action
• Engage empowered communities and civil society
• Foster innovations for impact
• Drivers of the progress - Gender, equity and human rights Financing Leadership and partnership
• Targets and impact:
• Annual new HIV and viral hepatitis cases are reduced from 4.5 million to less than 500,000;
• Annual new cases of four curable sexually transmitted infections among adults are reduced from 374 million to less than 150 million;
• The number of countries validated for the elimination of vertical (mother-to-child) transmission of either HIV, hepatitis B or syphilis increase from 15 to 100; 
• The number of annual deaths from HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections are reduced from 2.3 million to less than 1 million; and
• The number of annual new cases of cancer due to HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections are reduced from 1.2 million to less than 700,000.