The western and central Africa catch-up plan is a political instrument and a compact between countries and the international community that supports countries’ strategies and plans to quickly address bottlenecks, accelerate the national responses and reach a trajectory to achieve the 90–90–90 targets by 2020. Deriving from the western and central Africa catch-up plan, the country plans are supplementing national strategies and existing plans with the aim of increasing antiretroviral treatment uptake and saving lives.
Introduction -- Why does western and central Africa need a catch-up plan? -- What are the barriers and the key opportunities? -- What is the catch-up plan? -- What are the objectives? -- What are the tasks and outcomes? -- What has already been achieved? -- How much will it cost? -- How to manage and monitor the catch-up plan? -- Annex 1. Status of HIV testing, treatment and prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission in western and central African countries -- Annex 2. Country fact sheets.

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