ICASA 2023 highlights the theme “AIDS Is Not Over: Address inequalities, accelerate inclusion and innovation.” The conference focuses on five objectives: 1) mainstream respect for equity, inclusion and diversity in the control and mitigation of the impact of diseases; 2) sustain and increase domestic financing and community response; 3) respond to HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, Monkey-pox, Ebola and any other emerging diseases; 4) mitigate the impact of hepatitis, tuberculosis, and malaria through health systems strengthening; and 5) generate and provide evidence-based data for policy formulation.