The Fast-Tracklegacy—successes and shortcomings

A critical turning point in the global HIV response occurred in 2001, when the United Nations (UN) General Assembly laid the groundwork for establishing the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), and the first steps were taken towards much greater access to HIV testing, treatment, prevention and other services. Subsequent General Assembly High-Level meetings in 2006 and 2011 maintained that momentum.