Adequate funding of comprehensive community-based programs for key populations needed now more than ever to reach and sustain HIV targets.
Meghan C DiCarloGina A DallabettaChris AkoloSergio Bautista-ArredondoH Victor DigoloVirginia A FonnerGrace Jill KumwendaPatrick MbulajePeninah W MwangiNavindra Etwaroo PersaudSimon SikweseTisha A WheelerR Cameron WolfHally R MahlerPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2022)
As nations strive to reach the 2030 UNAIDS goals, donors, governments and implementers should reconsider the true, but often hidden costs in future healthcare dollars and in lives if they fail to invest in the community-based and community-driven key population programs that address structural inequities. Supporting these efforts contributes to closing the remaining gaps in the 95-95-95 goals. The financial and opportunity cost of perpetuating inequities and missing those who must be reached in the last mile of HIV epidemic control must be considered.