Kingdom of Nepal
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- http://www.nepalhmg.gov.np
- Summary
Population (2005): 27.1 million
Economic Indicators 2005 (Atlas method):
GNI (US$): 7.3 billion
GNI per capita (US$): 270HIV estimates 2005:
Adults and children with HIV: 75,000
Adult (15-49) Prevalence Rate: 0.5%
Women (15+) with HIV: 16,000
AIDS deaths 2005: 5,100
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Published Resources
Books
- Narain, Jai P. (ed), AIDS in Asia: The Challenge Ahead, Sage, New Delhi, 2004, 395 pp. [ Details... ]
Reports
- Sex Work in Asia, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific, July 2001, 38 pp. (Also available at http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/D01A4265-A142-4E19-99AE-6CC7E44F995C/0 /Sex_Work_in_Asia_July2001.pdf) [ Details... ]
- HIV/AIDS Indicators Country Report: Nepal 1996 - 2001, This report is generated from the HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database (http://www.measuredhs.com/hivdata/start.cfm)., HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database, January 2003, 27 pp. (Also available at http://www.measuredhs.com/hivdata/reports/pdf_temp /B17E64CD-1143-E773-EB0E0AD22B83BEC5.pdf) [ Details... ]
- The HIV/AIDS/STD Situation and the National Response in Nepal, UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; National Center for AIDS and STD Control, Kathmandu, January 2003, 11 pp. (Also available at http://www.synergyaids.com/documents/NepalHIVResponse03.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Ministerial Statement: Second Asia-Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS 11 July 2004, Bangkok Thailand, 11 July 2004, 4 pp. (Also available at http://www.ias.se/bangkok/admin/images/upload/573.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNGASS Country Progress Report [Nepal], Reporting period: January 2006-December 2007
Submission date: [30th January 2008], 30 January 2008, 104 pp. (Also available at http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008 /nepal_2008_country_progress_report_en.pdf) [ Details... ] - National HIV/AIDS Action Plan and Budget 2005-06: A Public/Private Partnership to Scale Up the HIV/AIDS Response in Nepal, n/d. (Also available at http://www.youandaids.org/Asia%20Pacific%20at%20a%20Glance/Nepal /National%20HIVAIDS%20Action%20Plan%20(2005-2006)%20Nepal.doc) [ Details... ]
- Aceijas, Carmen; Stimson, Gerry V; Hickman, Matthew; Rhodes, Tim; on behalf of the United Nations Reference Group on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care among IDU in Developing and Transitional Countries, Global Overview of Injecting Drug Use and HIV Infection Among Injecting Drug Users, AIDS. 18 (17): 2295-2303, November 19, 2004., Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour (CRDHB), Department of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Imperial College, London, UK, 2004, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.aidsonline.com/pt/re/aids /pdfhandler.00002030-200411190-00010.pdf;jsessionid= GftJKJb8n8v62ZFc6CRKT8QrD1ZmfpMXl42yvzTtLgMpQn2h8CZ1!-1734750035!-949856144!8091!-1) [ Details... ]
- Agarwal, Kokila, Reproductive Health Case Study: Nepal, POLICY Project, September 1998, 26 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/NEPALRHC.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Aggleton, Peter; Elaine Chase; Kim Rivers; Paul Tyrer, Innovative Approaches to HIV Prevention: Selected Case Studies, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, October 2000, 55 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- AHRN - Asian Harm Reduction Network, Scaling Up Provision of Anti-retrovirals to Injecting Drug Users and Non-injecting drug users in Asia, World Health Organization "3 x 5" initiative, AHRN, IHRA, WHO, Chiang Mai, 2004, 37 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific, UNAIDS, October 2001, 81 pp. (Also available at http://data.unaids.org/Publications/IRC-pub03 /Melbourne1001_WorkshopReport_en.pdf) [ Details... ]
- 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... ]
- Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, Ministerial Statement - Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting: 9-10 October 2001, Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, Melbourne, 2001, 4 pp. (Also available at http://www.ahrn.net/library_upload/uploadfile/ICAAPMinisterialStatement.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Bhuyan, Anita, Commitment for Action: Assessing Leadership for Confronting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic - Lessons Learned from Pilot Studies in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Vietnam, POLICY Project, June 2005, 46 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/politicalcommitment/PC_Synthesis.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Bowtell, William, Australia's Response to HIV/AIDS 1982-2005, Lowy Institute for International Policy, May 2005, 77 pp. (Also available at http://www.lowyinstitute.org/Publication.asp?pid=289) [ Details... ]
- Boyce, Paul and Sunil Pant, Rapid Ethnography of Male to Male Sexuality and Sexual Health, Family Health International, Kathmandu, December 2001, 35 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Bureau for Development Policy and the UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme, Asia Pacific, Regional Report on HIV/AIDS 2004: Transformation Across Borders: Addressing HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific Region, UNDP, 2004, 60 pp. (Also available at http://www.undp.org/hiv/docs/regional_reps/asia_pacific_regional_report.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Burrows, Dave, Samiran Panda, Nick Crofts, HIV/AIDS Prevention Among Injecting Drug Users in Kathmandu Valley, The Centre for Harm Reduction, Fairfield, VIC, Australia, January 2001, 63 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Commission on AIDS in Asia, Redefining AIDS in Asia: Crafting an Effective Response - Report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 26 March 2008, 258 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Costello Daly, Celine Dr., Prevention of Trafficking and the Care and Support of Trafficked Persons (In the Context of an Emerging HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Nepal), Horizons Project, Population Council, The Asia Foundation & Population Council, New Delhi, February 2001, 78 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Evans, Catrin & Pankaja Bhattarai, Trafficking in Nepal: Intervention Models - A Comparative Analysis of Anti-Trafficking Intervention Approaches in Nepal, The Asia Foundation & Population Council, December 2000, 56 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- FHI - Family Health International, What Drives HIV in Asia?: A Summary of Trends in Sexual and Drug-Taking Behaviours, FHI, 2001, 61 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD), HIV/AIDS and Human Rights: A Legislative Audit, NCASC - National Centre for AIDS and STD Control, POLICY Project & FWLD, March 2004, 102 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/NEP_LegAudit.pdf) [ Details... ]
- FPAN - Family Planning Association of Nepal, HIV/AIDS Strategy 2002-2006, FPAN, n/d, 20 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Government of Nepal, Nepal's National HIV/AIDS Strategy 2002-2006, Government of Nepal, 2002. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org/html/pub/topics/nsp-library/nsp-asia /nsp_nepal_2002-2006_en_doc.htm) [ Details... ]
- Green, Kimberly, Robert McPherson, Masami Fujita, Ying-Ru Lo, Chawalit Natpratan, Eric van Praag, Laurie Gulaid and Chris Parker, Scaling Up the Continuum of Care for People Living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific: A Toolkit for Implementers, FHI - Family Health International, Bangkok, 2007, 126 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Gurung, Ganesh, Patterns in Foreign Employment and Vulnerability of Migrant Workers, UNDP South & Southwest Asia Project on HIV & Development, October 2001, 20 pp. (Also available at http://www.labournepal.org/issues/migrant_labour /vulnerability_of_migrant_workers.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Hardee, Karen, Pamela Pine and Lauren Taggert Wasson, Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health in the Asia and Near East Region: Status, Issues, Policies, and Programs, POLICY Project, October 2003, 57 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/generalreport/ARH_ANE.pdf) [ Details... ]
- International Planned Parenthood Federation, The Power of Prevention: Stories from JTF Projects in Africa and Asia, International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2003, 52 pp. (Also available at http://aidsportal.org/store/445.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Moses, Stephen; James F. Blanchard; Han Kang; Faran Emmanuel; Sushena Reza Paul; Marissa L. Becker; David Wilson; Mariam Claeson, AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic, The World Bank, Washington, 2006, 131 pp. (Also available at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/SOUTHASIAEXT /0,,contentMDK:21019386~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:223547,00.html) [ Details... ]
- National Center for AIDS & STD Control; Ministry of Health and Population, National Guidelines on Anti-Retroviral (ARV) Therapy, National Centre for AIDS and STI Control, Kathmandu, 2005, 62 pp. (Also available at http://www.ncasc.gov.np/reports/Different%20Guidelines /New%20National%20Guidelines%20on%20ARV%20Therapy.pdf) [ Details... ]
- National Center For AIDS and STD Control, Nepal's National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Final Draft, Ministry of Health, Government of the Kingdom of Nepal, July 19 2002, 48 pp. (Also available at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/pdf/countries/nepal2.pdf) [ Details... ]
- National Center for AIDS and STD Control, National Guidelines for Voluntary HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing, National Centre for AIDS and STI Control, Kathmandu, July 2003, 95 pp. (Also available at http://www.ncasc.gov.np/reports/report/national/VCT-Guidelines.pdf) [ Details... ]
- National Center For AIDS and STD Control, National Guidelines for Antiretroviral (ARV) Therapy, Ministry of Health, Government of the Kingdom of Nepal, Kathmandu, 2003, 49 pp. (Also available at http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/pdf/countries/nepal1.pdf) [ Details... ]
- National Centre for AIDS and STI Control (NCASC), Status of the 2005 National Response to the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS: Nepal Country Report, Reporting Period: January 2003 - December 2005, Ministry of Health, Government of Nepal, December 2005, 79 pp. (Also available at http://www.ncasc.gov.np/UNGASS%20NR-Nepal2005 /Nepal%20UNGASS%20Country%20Report.pdf) [ Details... ]
- National Centre for AIDS and STI Control; Ministry of Health, Nepal, National Operational Plan for HIV/AIDS Control (2003 - 2007), National Centre for AIDS and STI Control, Kathmandu, July 2003, 16 pp. (Also available at http://www.ncasc.gov.np/reports/report/national/Operational%20Plan%202003-7.doc) [ Details... ]
- NCASC/GON - National Center for AIDS & STD Control/Government of Nepal, USAID - United States Agency for International Development and ASHA Project, Community and Home-based Care in Nepal: Findings and Recommendations from a National Program Review June 2007, June 2007, 50 pp. [ Details... ]
- O'Gorman, Patrick & Paul Hardacre, Documentation of Best Practices and Needs Assessment of Service Providers in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Countries, Final Report, AHRN - Asian Harm Reduction Network, Chiang Mai, December 2004, 245 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Pradhan, Ajit and Molly Strachan, Adolescent Reproductive Health in Nepal: Status, Policies, Programs, and Issues, POLICY Project, January 2003, 27 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/ARH_Nepal.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Rai, Indra and Tek B. Thapaliya, An Appraisal on HIV/AIDS in the Eastern Region of Nepal, Research Report, ActionAid Nepal, Biratnagar, Decemeber 2000, 49 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Reid, G; and Costigan, G., Revisiting 'the Hidden Epidemic': a situation assessment of drug use in Asia in the context of HIV/AIDS, The Centre for Harm Reduction, The Burnet Institute, The Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research & Public Health, Fairfield, January 2002. (Also available at http://www.chr.asn.au/resources/libraryservices/docdownload/revisiting/list) [ Details... ]
- SAARC - Member States of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, The New Delhi Consensus: Delivering Commitments on HIV/AIDS, Children and Young People in South Asia, New Delhi, 20 September 2004, 8 pp. (Also available at http://www.unicef.org/rosa /FINAL_-__DelhiConsensusOnChildrenYP_and_HIV20sept.doc) [ Details... ]
- Sanghera, Jyoti & Ratna Kapur, Trafficking in Nepal: Policy Analysis - An Assessment of Laws and Policies for the Prevention and Control of Trafficking in Nepal, The Asia Foundation & Population Council, December 2000, 54 pp. (Also available at http://www.asiafoundation.org/pdf/nepal_traffickingassesment.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Save the Children UK (Development Dialogue Team), Young People and HIV/AIDS: Responding to the New Asian Crisis, Save the Children UK, London, 2001, 43 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- SHARAN and UNAIDS - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Report of the Conference on Injecting Drug Use of Pharmaceuticals and the HIV Epidemic in the South Asia Region: 11-12 December, 2006 | New Delhi, India, UNAIDS, New Delhi, 2008, 71 pp. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org.in/new /Publications_PharmaceuticalInjectingInSouthAsia.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Shrestha, Sundar Man, Commitment for Action: Assessing Leadership for Confronting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Across Asia - Focus on Nepal, POLICY Project, January 2005, 40 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/politicalcommitment/ACF1B0.pdf) [ Details... ]
- South Asian Research and Development Initiative, Vulnerability Assessment of HIV/AIDS Within Trade Unions, SARDI/UNDP Innovative Partnerships Reducing Migrant Workers Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS in South Asia, UNDP, 2004, 80 pp. (Also available at http://www.undp.org/hiv/docs/alldocs /Asia%20-%20Vulnerability%20Assessment%20of%20HIV-AIDS%20Within%20Trade%20Unions%20(2004).pdf) [ Details... ]
- Subramanian, K. S., Impact of Conflict on HIV/AIDS in South Asia: a background paper, August 2002, 85 pp. (Also available at http://aidsportal.org/store/770.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Task Force on Drug Use and HIV Vulnerability, Drug Use and HIV Vulnerability: Policy Research Study in Asia, UNAIDS Asia Pacific Intercountry Team, Bangkok, October 2000, 238 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- TREAT Asia, MSM and HIV/AIDS Risk in Asia: What Is Fueling the Epidemic Among MSM and How Can It Be Stopped?, TREAT Asia (amfAR - Foundation for AIDS Research), August 2006, 85 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNAIDS - Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS, Costing Guidelines for HIV/AIDS Intervention Strategies, ADB-UNAIDS Study Series: Tool 1, For use in estimating Resource Needs, Scaling-up and Strategic Planning in the Asia/Pacific region, 1st edn, ADB - Asian Development Bank, UNAIDS, Geneva, February 2004, 54 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Need for Concerted Action on AIDS Responses: Country-Specific Findings, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, April 2004, 122 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme, Facilitating Safe Mobility: Towards a Regional Strategy, An Analysis of the HIV Vulnerability of Migrant Workers In and From South Asia, UNDP, 2001, 31 pp. (Also available at http://www.childtrafficking.com/Docs/undp_2001__facilitating_saf.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme, Law, Ethics and HIV/AIDS in South Asia: A study of the legal and social environments of the epidemic in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka, UNDP, n/d, 46 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNDP & Sahara, Empowerment for Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS in South Asia, UNDP, n/d, 28 pp. (Also available at http://www.youandaids.org/unfiles/gipa_report.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNDP HIV and Development Project, South and Southwest Asia, Snapshots of GIPA: the Greater Involvement of People Living With HIV/AIDS in South Asia: An Interim Report, UNDP, 2003, 24 pp. (Also available at http://www.undp.org/hiv/docs/alldocs /Asia%20-%20Snapshots%20of%20GIPA%20-%20Greater%20Involvement%20of%20People%20Living%20with%20HIV-AIDS%20in%20South%20Asia%20(2003).pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme, South and North East Asia, From Challenges to Opportunities: Responses to Trafficking and HIV/AIDS in South Asia, UNDP, December 2003, 54 pp. (Also available at http://www.youandaids.org/UNDP_REACH_publications /From%20Challenges%20to%20Opportunitiesindex.asp) [ Details... ]
- UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Programme, Population Mobility in Asia: Implications for HIV/AIDS Action Programme, Population Movement Development and HIV/AIDS: Looking Towards the Future, UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Programme, April 2000, 126 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Programme, Mapping Made Easy: A Guide to Understanding and Responding to HIV Vulnerability, UNDP, UNESCO, World Bank, UN World Food Programme, Family Health International, USAID, International Organization for Migration, World Vision International, October 2004, 66 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Behavioral Surveillance Survey Among Refugees and Surrounding Host Community: Jhapa and Morang Districts, Nepal, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, November 2005, 140 pp. (Also available at http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/4590eff72.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNICEF, Faith-Motivated Actions on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care for Children and Young People in South Asia: A Regional Overview, UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund Regional Office for South Asia, December 2003, 30 pp. (Also available at http://www.unicef.org/uniteforchildren/knowmore/files/ROSA_faith_study.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNICEF ROSA - United Nations Children's Fund Regional Office for South Asia, Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in South Asia - A Synthesis of Current Global, Regional and National Thinking and Research, April 2007, 21 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- United Nations Development Programme, HIV/AIDS and Development in South Asia 2003, Regional Human Development Report, UNDP, 2003, 218 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- United Nations Development Programme Regional HIV and Development Programme for Asia Pacific, Human Trafficking and HIV: Exploring Vulnerabilities and Responses in South Asia, Embargoed Til 22 August, 2007, UNDP Regional HIV and Development Programme for Asia Pacific, Colombo, 2007, 72 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Young People - Partners in HIV/AIDS Prevention, UNESCAP, Thailand, 2003, 91 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- WHO - Regional Office for South-East Asia, Expanding Access to HIV/AIDS Treatment: A Strategic Framework for Action at Country Level, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi, 2004, 25 pp. (Also available at http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/Publications_sea-aids-145.pdf) [ Details... ]
- WHO - World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region, WHO - World Health Organization, 2001, 100 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- WHO - World Health Organization, Towards Adulthood: Exploring the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in South Asia, WHO, Geneva, 2003, 242 pp. (Also available at http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/towards_adulthood /towards_adultwood.pdf) [ Details... ]
- WHO - World Health Organization, HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region 2003, World Health Organization, 2004, 120 pp. (Also available at http://www.wpro.who.int/NR/rdonlyres/11ED3283-9821-43BE-9B73-B3444A3DADE6/0 /HIV_AIDS_Asia_Pacific_Region2003.pdf) [ Details... ]
- WHO - World Health Organization, Regional Office for South-East Asia, HIV/AIDS in the South-East Asia Region, WHO - World Health Organization, New Delhi, March 2007, 54 pp. (Also available at http://www.searo.who.int/LinkFiles/AIDS_SEARO-Report07.pdf) [ Details... ]
- World Bank, HIV/AIDS in South Asia, The World Bank, May 2005, 4 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, Involving Private Medical Practitioners in TB and STI Control, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, July 2001, 35 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, Scaling Up HIV/AIDS: Prevention, Care and Treatment - Report of the National AIDS Programme Managers' Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand, 10-11 July 2004, World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia, 2004, 54 pp. (Also available at http://w3.whosea.org/LinkFiles/Publications_aids-151.pdf) [ Details... ]
- World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia; World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office, Biregional Strategy for Harm Reduction 2005-2009: HIV and Injecting Drug Use, World Health Organization. (Also available at http://w3.whosea.org/LinkFiles/Publications_BiregionalStrategicPlan.pdf) [ Details... ]
Sources used to compile this entry: UNAIDS; World Bank World Development Indicators Database.
Prepared by: susan chong
Created: 17 June 2004, Last modified: 3 January 2007