It is timely and topical that we are here in Bangkok, at the dawn of a new era in development, for these important discussions of priority setting. Thailand should be applauded for the transformations it has achieved for the health of its people. You have demonstrated that countries can reach universal access to HIV services, and that we can dream of the day when we will end AIDS as a public health threat. HIV treatment has been fully integrated into the country’s UHC system with spectacular results: In just seven years, the number of people accessing treatment has grown from 40,000 to more than a quarter of a million.
