In June 2001, 189 UN member states endorsed the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS at a special session of the UN General Assembly, under which it was agreed to establish specific, time-bound targets to measure progress in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Using this mandate, the UNAIDS Secretariat, together with its co-sponsors, have developed a series of global, regional and national indicators to measure progress towards the Declaration's targets, in line with the Millennium Development Goals. This report provides information on global, regional and national responses to the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS through core indicators grouped into four broad categories: global commitment and action; national commitment and action, including domestic government spending on HIV/AIDS and assessing country-level policy development and implementation against a national composite policy index; national programmes and behaviour, including numbers of people receiving key services and public use of safer practices to reduce the risk of HIV transmission; and national impact indicators including the number of new infections amongst young people and infants born to HIV-infected mothers.

The preface of the report explains that it was produced as part of Botswana's fulfilment of its reporting requirements on its HIV/AIDS national programme as agreed when Botswana adopted the declaration of commitment (DOC) on HIV/AIDS at the 2001 UN general Assembly special session on HIV/AIDS in 2001. Explains that the preparation of the report required collaboration from a broad range of stake holders such as representatives from the various sectors of government, NGOs/CBOs, people living with AIDS, development partners, the private sector and academic institutions. The following topics are covered in the report: a)status at a glance in 2002; b)overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; c)national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic; d)national programmes and attitude change; e)major challenges faced and action needed to achieve the goal/targets; f)national data collection plan;g)support required from country's development partners; h)monitoring and evaluation; i)environment. Also contains much statistical data on many aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

On cover and title page: United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS