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- AusAID
- Title
- AIDS in Asia and the Pacific: Status and Trends - Strategies for Prevention and Control
- Imprint
- AusAID, Canberra, October 2001, 8 pp
- Description
This paper is one in a series of four background papers used to inform discussions at the HIV/AIDS and Development in the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference held in October 2001.
Reproduced with AusAID's kind permission.
For the latest information visit the AusAID website, www.ausaid.gov.au.- Abstract
"The first part of this paper provides a summary of the current state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia and the Pacific within a global context. It explains the prevalence within and between communities, risk groups and countries and discusses the spread of the virus through the region. The paper also assesses the effectiveness of prevention campaigns and shows that a sound epidemiological based prevention strategy, combined with national political commitment and leadership to implement the strategy, can reverse epidemic spread of HIV when it occurs. The paper discusses the common thread that runs through all extensive or epidemic transmission of HIV in Asia; that the primary HIV risk groups are socially marginalized and engage in socially unaccepted and/or illegal behavior. The authors argue that urgent and universal support for primary prevention and behavior change programs must be developed on a large scale in most countries in Asia Pacific."
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- Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, HIV/AIDS and Development in Asia and the Pacific: A Lengthening Shadow, Commonwealth of Australia, Melbourne, 9-10 October 2001, 4 pp. (Also available at http://www.ahrn.net/library_upload/uploadfile/ICAAPMinisterialStatement.pdf) [ Details... ]