Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
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- http://www.priu.gov.lk/
- Summary
Population (July 2008 est.): 21,128,773
Economic Indicators (2007 est.):
GDP (PPP): US$81.29 billion
GDP per capita (PPP): US$4,100HIV estimates:
Adults and children with HIV (2007): 3,800
Adult (15-49) Prevalence Rate (2007 high estimate): <0.1%
Women age (15+) with HIV (2005): <1000
AIDS deaths (2007 high estimate): <500
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Published Resources
Books
- Narain, Jai P. (ed), AIDS in Asia: The Challenge Ahead, Sage, New Delhi, 2004, 395 pp. [ Details... ]
Conference Papers
- Rao, JVR Prasada, 'Closing Remarks by Mr. JVR Prasada Rao', in 8th ICAAP 23 August 2007 Closing Remarks by Mr. JVR Prasada Rao UNAIDS Regional Support Team, Asia Pacific, 23 August 2007, p. 4. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Rao, JVR Prasada, 'Overview of Epidemic and Response in Asia and the Pacific', in Plenary Speech at VIII International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Colombo 2007 by JVR Prasada Rao, UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2007, p. 9. [ PDF File | Details... ]
Journals
- Kamarulzaman, Adeeba, Robert Baldwin, Elizabeth Dax and Scott Hearnden (eds), 'World AIDS Day Edition, 2007', Quarterly Update to Members - No. 04-07, vol. 04, 2007, 9 pp. (Also available at http://www.hdnet.org/v2/file_uploads/users/bobby/QU_04-07_Final.pdf) [ 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... ]
- National Strategic Plan for Prevention and Control of HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka, 2002-2006, Ministry of Health, Government of Sri Lanka, 2002, 47 pp. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org/) [ 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... ]
- Background Document for Discussion with Stakeholders for the Development of the National AIDS Policy, 10 January 2005, 6 pp. [ Details... ]
- Country Report - Sri Lanka: On Follow Up to the Declaration on Commitment on HIV/AID (UNGASS), Reporting Period: January 2006- December 2007, n/d, 105 pp. (Also available at http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2008 /sri_lanka_2008_country_progress_report_en.pdf`) [ 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... ]
- Centre for Policy Alternatives, HIV/AIDS in Sri Lanka: A Profile on Policy and Practice, Centre for Policy Alternatives, Colombo, July 2007, 39 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... ]
- De Silva, W. Indralal, Aparnaa Somanathan and Vindya Eriyagama, Adolescent Reproductive Health in Sri Lanka: Status, Policies, Programs, and Issues, POLICY Project, January 2003, 31 pp. (Also available at http://www.policyproject.com/pubs/countryreports/ARH_Sri_Lanka.pdf) [ Details... ]
- Drew, Roger, Keeping the Promise? A Study of Progress Made in Implementing the UNGASS Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS in Seven Countries, Panos, Panos, May 2006, 38 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- Fernando, Nimalka, Pre-departure, Reintegration and Policy Advocacy in the Migration Process, UNDP South & Southwest Asia Project on HIV & Development, October 2001, 16 pp. (Also available at http://www.imadr.org/old/project/srilanka/sri_lanka.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 Centre for Ethnic Studies Kandy, Sri Lanka, A Survey of HIV/AIDS Awareness and Risky Sexual Behaviour in a Vulnerable Population in Sri Lanka, ASCI Research Report No. 22, ASCI - AIDS, Security & Conflict Initiative, January 2009, 86 pp. (Also available at http://asci.researchhub.ssrc.org/working-papers /ASCI%20Research%20Paper%2022-ICES.pdf) [ Details... ]
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, Vulnerability and the HIV Epidemic in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Sri Lanka: The Role of Participatory Community Assessments in Mobilising and Developing More Effective HIV Prevention, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, London, March 1999, 40 pp. [ PDF File | 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... ]
- 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... ]
- Panos, UNGASS Monitoring: Civil Society Perspectives: Sri Lanka, Panos, 2006, 4 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... ]
- 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... ]
- 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... ]
- Swaminathan, Hema, Nandita Bhatla and Swati Chakraborty, Women's Property Rights as an AIDS Response: Emerging Efforts in South Asia, ICRW - International Center for Research on Women, 2007, 12 pp. (Also available at http://www.icrw.org/docs/2007-property-rights-south-asia.pdf) [ Details... ]
- The Commonwealth Secretariat, The Commonwealth Secretariat HIV and AIDS Strategic Framework 2007-2009, Pro-Book Publishing Limited, London, 2007, 46 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, 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, HIV Vulnerabilities Faced by Women Migrants: From Asia to the Arab States, Executive Summary, UNDP Regional Centre in Colombo, Colombo, October 2008, 48 pp. (Also available at http://www.aidsportal.org/repos /HIVVulnerabilitiesWomenMigrantsAsiatoArabStates08.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, No Safety Signs Here: Research Study on Migration and HIV Vulnerability from Seven South and North East Asian Countries, Asia Pacific Migration Research Network, United Nations Development Programme, November 2004, 149 pp. [ PDF File | 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... ]
- 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... ]
- 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, 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... ]
Sources used to compile this entry: UNAIDS; World Bank World Development Indicators Database.
Prepared by: susan chong
Created: 17 June 2004, Last modified: 26 August 2008