A new service is being launched by the biggest funder of HIV and AIDS interventions at international level, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, aiming to tackle the issue of drug stock-outs. The Global Fund has created an email address for anyone to report and draw their attention to potential stock-outs of antiretrovirals, anti-TB drugs, antimalarials or other life-saving drugs within Global Fund-supported programmes.

UNAIDS believes that smart investments can propel the AIDS response towards achieving the vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths, but advises that lessons learned from the past three decades must be effectively applied to ensure value for money.