People on the move face barriers to achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support. Well over a quarter of a billion people are on the move worldwide annually, not including the 900 million people who travel each year (World Trade Organization (WTO) estimate). The commitment to universal access made by governments and civil society in 2001 and reaffirmed in 2006 requires that these barriers be recognized and overcome.

The UNAIDS PCB NGO Delegation, supported by a record number of civil society observers, influenced numerous important agenda items including: prevention among drug users, the gender-sensitivity of the AIDS response, people on the move and a new support facility for African Member States. Building on this year’s NGO report, the NGO Delegation also focused on stigma and discrimination as a key barrier to achieving universal access and has succeeded in bringing this issue as an agenda item for a 2010 board meeting, as well as establishing non-discrimination as a core principle of UNAIDS. Below is an overview of the main outcomes of the meeting.