HIV prevention and care as part of universal health coverage

In this issue, Holmes et al. show the increasing convergence in the understanding of HIV services within the context of the overall UHC agenda. These efforts to show coherence are critical to developing more cohesive and patient-centred approaches to financing and service delivery for health overall and for HIV services more specifically. However, the targets of the sustainable development goals are to be achieved within ten years and therefore, it is time to move from rhetoric and concepts to action. This action should transform global commitments into countrytailored approaches, priorities and support centred on coverage and outcomes.