As a continuation of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs), the United
Nations (UN) has set global development for
the period 2015- (1). Sustainable Development
Goals serve as a road map for development
agenda of member states for the next 15 years.
Out of the 17 SDGs, goal number 3 focuses on
‘good health and wellbeing’. In this goal, ending
HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030 is set as one of
the priority targets. This underpins the fact that
prevention and control of HIV/AIDS is still an
important agenda for the next 15 years.
Such renewed global commitment, among
others, has to do with the fact that HIV is still
one of the top priority public health challenges
to the world. According to the 2016 UNAIDS
global HIV statistics (2) at the end of 2015, 36.7
million people were living with HIV, 2.1 million
people became newly infected in 2015 and 35
million people have died due to HIV since the
start of the Epidemic where sub-Saharan
African countries share the highest burden.