UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling and Projections Meeting

SACEMA leads the coordination of the UNAIDS Reference Group on Estimates, Modelling, and Projections (www.epidem.org), a group that provides guidance to UNAIDS on the development of the modelling tools that provide key HIV estimates to nearly all countries in the world (www.aidsinfo.unaids.org). This year’s in-person meeting was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 29 July to 1 August and the agenda focused on topics such as the estimation of advanced HIV disease and causes of AIDS deaths, antiretroviral treatment interruption, and the impact of appropriate reporting of the number of people who are receiving treatment. The 25 meeting participants worked long days but was treated to delicious Ethiopian food and an evening city site-seeing tour.