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.