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ShareHIV & AIDS in Asia
| HIV/AIDS in Asia -- 2008 | |
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Adults and children living with HIV | 4.7 million |
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Adult and child deaths from AIDS | 329,000 |
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Adults and children newly infected with HIV | 355,000 |
Statistics from UNAIDS. For full report, click here. (PDF)
Regional Overview
- HIV Rising Fastest in Eastern Europe; Central Asia: UNICEF (July 22, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Regional Session on Europe and Central Asia (July 22, 2010)
To read PDF, click here.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Internet Key to Reaching Men Who Have Sex With Men in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe (July 19, 2010)
A workshop held before the opening of the AIDS 2010 conference heard about the central role that the internet has in reaching marginalized gay and other men who have sex with men.
From aidsmap.com - GlaxoSmithKline, AmfAR Form Pact to Optimize HIV Treatment in Asia (June 21, 2010)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Report Examines Access to HIV Prevention, Care for MSM in Asia Pacific (May 17, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - AIDS 2010 to Highlight Epidemic in Eastern Europe, Central Asia Regions (March 11, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Meeting Addresses How to Improve HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Asia (March 3, 2010)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV/AIDS Funding, Treatment Standards, Empowering Women Addressed at ICAAP (August 13, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Highlights From the 9th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (August 12, 2009)
Global Fund director says G20 can become donor nations; UNAIDS director outlines ways to reduce spread of HIV in Asia; Jakarta Post examines efforts to educate, protect women from spread of HIV in Papua; IPS examines "scant presence of mainstream media" at Asia's largest HIV/AIDS meeting.
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Health Experts Gather in Bali to Address HIV/AIDS in Asia, the Pacific (August 10, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV/AIDS Cases in Asia Could Reach 10 Million by 2010, Officials Say (December 1, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Asia: Preventing AIDS Through Animation (January 3, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Epidemiological Fact Sheets by Country (2008)
Each fact sheet provides the most recent country-specific data on HIV/AIDS and STI prevalence and incidence, a short assessment of the country's epidemiological situation, and information on knowledge and behaviors that can spur or stem the transmission of HIV.
From UNAIDS, UNICEF and World Health Organization - 2007 AIDS Epidemic Update (Asia) (PDF) (December 2007)
A brief overview of the effects of HIV/AIDS in Asia.
From UNAIDS - Fact Sheet: AIDS Epidemic in Asia (PDF) (December 2006)
A brief overview of the effects of HIV/AIDS in Asia.
From UNAIDS - Overlapping Epidemics: Tuberculosis, HIV and Viral Hepatitis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (April 2006)
To read PDF, click here.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - Agreement Reached to Provide OraQuick Rapid HIV Test in Asia (December 1, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Africa: Children's Access to Prophylaxis May Improve After Medical Study, New WHO Recommendations (December 31, 2004)
WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF recommend the cheap antibiotic co-trimoxazole for all children with HIV symptoms in poor countries, but activists say the move may be too little, too late.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - CDC Director Discusses HIV Care Priorities in Developing World (October 2004)
By Julie Gerberding, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In PLoS Medicine - Press Briefing with Joep Lange, M.D., and Dan Kuritzkes, M.D., on Concerns Regarding the Scale-Up of Antiretrovirals in Developing Countries (Summer 2004)
[Archived Article]
This briefing took place at the XV International AIDS Conference on July 15, 2004.
In Positives for Positives, from Wyoming: Positives for Positives - Many Young Asians Ignorant About HIV Transmission Risks, UNICEF Says (June 1, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Large Mother-Child HIV Prevention Programs Can Work in Developing World, Study Says (January 27, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Religions Rise to AIDS Challenge (December 5, 2003)
[Archived Article]
Orthodox thinkers in most South Asian faiths have long suggested that the fate of people with AIDS is divine punishment for immoral behavior; many don't feel that way any longer.
From BBC News - Asian Health Experts at Laotian Conference Agree to Expand Program Aimed at "100% Condom Use" Among Sex Workers (August 25, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Report: Documents Show Bayer Unit Sold HIV-Risky Blood-Clotting Medicine Abroad (May 22, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - UN Official Says Methamphetamine Abuse Spreading HIV Among Asian Youth (April 9, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - UN Official Warns Asia Could Face World's Worst AIDS Crisis (October 7, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - The Global Epidemic (Summer/Autumn 2002)
[Archived Article]
To read PDF, click here.
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Mongolia
- Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections (Mongolia) (PDF) (2008)
From UNAIDS, UNICEF and World Health Organization
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