Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what principles her Department invests in HIV/AIDS programmes.

UK investments in the HIV response are based on international best practice set out by UNAIDS and principles that support:

• Integrated country-owned approaches while strengthening health systems;
• Reducing new infections, particularly among key affected populations, including adolescents, girls and women;
• Evidence and rights-based public health measures that combine prevention and access to treatment, while tackling the wider issues of stigma, discrimination and gender inequality that drive infection.

The guiding principle is “know your epidemic, know your response”: tailoring HIV interventions to the particular epidemic in any given place.