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Presented at International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam July 2018  

Presented in Switzerland, 24 July 2018

Presented at International AIDS Conference on behalf of the Senegal PrEP Team

The Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Australia Presented at International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam July 2018

Presented at International AIDS Conference, Amsterdam July 2018

USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) Bangkok, Thailand July 24, 2018

AVAC's 2018 annual state of the field report, No Prevention, No End! looks at today's prevention crisis and offers context, analysis and strategy to turn that crisis around.  

HIV and tuberculosis (TB) are the two most deadly infectious diseases in the world. Globally in 2016, TB took the lives of more than 1.7 million people,  while 1 million died from HIV-related illnesses. TB is also the leading cause of death for people living with HIV, with about one-third of HIV-related deaths occurring as a result of the co-infection. This document captures the achievements from 2015-2017 of the Multi-Country Western Pacific Integrated HIV/TB Programme. The programme improved the coverage and quality of HIV/TB prevention, treatment and care in 11 countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.

The Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) II provides a set of single national figure on social indicators. It combines the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and the Demographic and Health Survey modules to maximise government resources for a nationally representative sample survey. LSIS II follows the first LSIS I survey which was carried out in 2011-12 jointly by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Lao Statistics Bureau (LSB) of the Ministry of Planning and Investment in collaboration with other line ministries. The LSIS I provided baseline data for the 7th National Socio-Economic Development Plan (NSEDP) and the Millennium Development Goals.

The Overview of the Lao Health System Development 2009-2017 present a snapshot of the existing health system, highlighting the significant progress made over the past decade. The report serves as a foundation for WHO and partners to work with the Government to achieve universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals. More efforts is needed to support the implementation of the priority health programme by improving access and financial protection for the hard-to-reach population, in leaving no one behind.