Access to AIDS medicines and diagnostics

Access to diagnostic tests and medicines is an essential requirement to ensure the delivery of HIV prevention, treatment and care programmes. In order to support improved availability of HIV medicines and diagnostics, WHO convenes the AIDS Medicines and Diagnostics Service (AMDS), a network of technical partners providing support and guidance to countries in procurement and supply management of HIV commodities.

The main output of the AMDS is developing strategic information on HIV drugs and diagnostics, publishing an annual forecast on global demand for antiretrovirals (ARVs) and supporting capacity building activities for health supply chains.
Latest updates

Projected uptake of new antiretroviral (ARV) medicines in adults in low- and middle-income countries: a forecast analysis 2015-2025
Journal article in PLoS ONE - October 2016
Combined global demand forecasts for antiretroviral medicines and HIV diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries from 2015 to 2020
Technical report - September 2016

General information

Improving the quality of HIV-related point-of-care testing: ensuring the reliability and accuracy of test results
Handbook - December 2015
The future role of CD4 cell count for monitoring antiretroviral therapy
Article from The Lancet Infectious Diseases - January 2015
More information on AMDS
WHO prequalification program

Publications on access to medicines

Antiretroviral medicines in low- and middle-income countries: forecasts of global and regional demand for 2014-2018
Technical report - July 2015
Forecasted demand for ARV medicines in low- and middle-income countries up to the end of 2018
Scientific poster presented at IAS 2015 - July 2015

Publications on access to diagnostics

HIV diagnostic tests in low- and middle-income countries: forecasts of global demand for 2014-2018
Technical report - July 2015
Specifications and quantities for efficient procurement of essential equipment and laboratory commodities for HIV
Technical report - July 2015

Events

Meetings of AMDS Partners and Stakeholders
Meetings on ARV global demand forecasting
Meeting on diagnostic global demand forecasting