- Author
- WHO - World Health Organization
- Title
- HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region 2003
- Imprint
- World Health Organization, 2004, 120 pp
- ISBN/ISSN
- 92 9061 164 2
- Url
- http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/11ED3283-9821-43BE-9B73-B3444A3DADE6/0 /HIV_AIDS_Asia_Pacific_Region2003.pdf
- Abstract
"The 2001 report on HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific region published by the WHO Regional Offices for South-East Asia and the Western Pacific presented an overview of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, followed by a description of the general patterns and prevalence of HIV risk behaviours and HIV prevalence trends in the region, as well as in individual countries. This vast geographic region combines the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific Regions and contains 60% of the total world population. Thus, even low HIV infection rates in this region will contribute millions of additional people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and deaths to the already staggering global toll of AIDS. This report provides an update on HIV/AIDS in the region and focuses on the continuing HIV prevalence trends noted in the previous report. It also noted some changes that may be occurring with regard to the public health surveillance and epidemiology of HIV/AIDS. In addition, the epidemiological patterns of HIV, especially current HIV transmission dynamics, are described for each country."
Related Entries
Countries
- Australia, Commonwealth of Australia
- Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan
- Cambodia, Kingdom of Cambodia
- China, People's Republic of China (PRC)
- Hong Kong, Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China
- India, Republic of India
- Indonesia, Republic of Indonesia
- Japan
- Korea, DPR, Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Macao, Macao Special Administrative Region (China)
- Malaysia
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal, Kingdom of Nepal
- New Zealand
- Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea, Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- Philippines, Republic of the Philippines
- Singapore, Republic of Singapore
- Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand
- Vietnam, Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Inter-Governmental Organisations
- Regional Office for South-East Asia, World Health Organization (1948 - )
- Regional Office for the Western Pacific, World Health Organization (1948 - )
Regions
Topics
Related Published Resources
isRelated
- WHO - World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region, WHO - World Health Organization, 2001, 100 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]