Barriers and facilitators of person-centred care for key and vulnerable populations

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends person-centred approaches to support people living with HIV in the management of their care and to support HIV prevention among key populations and other people with increased vulnerability to acquiring HIV. Person-centred care (PCC) is an approach to care that consciously adopts the perspectives of individuals, caregivers, families and communities as participants in, and beneficiaries of, trusted health systems organized around the comprehensive needs of people rather than individual diseases and respects social preferences. Evidence shows that PCC approaches reduce HIV-related mortality and morbidity and improve health-related quality of life. Based on a global consensus-building process, IAS – the International AIDS Society, WHO and partners have published a roadmap for scaling up PCC in the HIV response. The roadmap outlines the necessary roles and actions for different stakeholders to realize the full potential of PCC. To further promote the operationalization of the roadmap, this session will assess a range of barriers and facilitators on the path to operationalizing the roadmap to scale up PCC in the HIV response. Charting a way forward, PCC advocates will outline the barriers and facilitators impacting access to person-centred care for their communities based on their lived and professional experience. By fostering shared learning and dialogue, the session aims to further accelerate adoption of PCC and strengthen our collective commitment to transforming HIV responses around the needs, rights and priorities of people living with and affected by HIV.