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This report reviews the progress made in 2009 in scaling up access to selected health sector interventions for HIV prevention, treatment and care in low- and middleincome countries. It is the fourth in a series of annual progress reports published since 2006 by the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS (UNAIDS) in collaboration with international and national partners to monitor key components of the health sector response to the HIV epidemic worldwide.

2010 is a landmark year for the global HIV response. At the 2006United NationsGeneralAssembly High-Level Meeting onAIDS, world leaders committed to scaling up services and interventions towards the goal of providing universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by the end of this year (1). Now, as countries and partners prepare to review universal access goals and targets in the months ahead, assessing progress is critical to identify areas where intensified action is needed to increase coverage and impact. This report will support this process in two ways. First, the accurate and up-to-date strategic information in the report will help countries to take stock of their achievements and identify programmatic bottlenecks, service delivery gaps and challenges. Second, the update of the global response will assist the international community in setting policy priorities, defining targets and designing relevant strategies to better support and enhance country responses.