Key populations are the future of the African HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Keywords: HIV; vulnerable populations; sub-Saharan Africa; community-based responses EN HIV vulnerable populations sub-Saharan Africa community-based responses 1 4 4 07/02/21 20210702 NES 210702 The collective failure to invest sufficiently in comprehensive, rights-based, people-centred HIV responses has come at a terrible price. The goal is not HIV eradication, or local elimination, but a reduction in HIV incidence thereby reducing the burden of HIV infections. Globally, it is currently estimated that 65% of new HIV infections occur within key population groups, and 17% of new HIV infections in East and Southern Africa (where the majority of all incident HIV infections are occurring) and 42% in West and Central Africa are occurring in key populations [9]. [Extracted from the article]