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HIV/AIDS in Asia -- 2007
Adults and children living with HIV	4.9 million
Adult and child deaths from AIDS	300,000
Adults and children newly infected with HIV	440,000

Statistics from UNAIDS. For full report, click here. (PDF)

Regional Overview

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
Burned by HIV, Spurned by Loved Ones: Asian Women Stand Up and Speak Out (August 19, 2007)
From Inter Press Service
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
Men Who Have Sex With Men Vulnerable to HIV in Asia, but Widely Ignored (July 8, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Women Becoming New Face of AIDS in Asia (July 7, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Global Good News: Treatment Access Doubles in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia in Late 2004 (February 28, 2005)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
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
In Asia, Doing the Right Thing to Beat the AIDS Pandemic (December 2004)
From Population Reference Bureau
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
Regrettably, Cambodia Stops Important Tenofovir Prevention Trial (August 23, 2004)
The study's cancellation is a major setback for global HIV prevention efforts, writes AIDS advocate John James.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Clients of Commercial Sex Workers Will Determine Course of HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Asia, East-West Center Says (July 14, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV/AIDS Epidemics Expand Rapidly in Asia (July 2004)
From Population Reference Bureau
Mongolia, UNAIDS Sign Partnership Agreement to Combat HIV/AIDS Among Military Personnel (May 19, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
HIV Prevalence Among Asian Children "Likely to Soar" Without Effective Prevention Programs (May 12, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
UNICEF, UNAIDS Appoint Jackie Chan United Nations Goodwill Ambassador (April 27, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Asian Governments, Communities Need to Take More Action to Fight HIV/AIDS, AIDS Experts Say (March 25, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
AIDS Summit to Focus on Drug Access, Asia Epidemic (March 22, 2004)
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)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS in Asia: Face the Facts (PDF) (2004)
UNAIDS' comprehensive analysis of the AIDS epidemic in Asia; please note, this is a 9.45MB file.
From UNAIDS
140 Community Leaders Living With HIV/AIDS Gather in Thailand (September 9, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States Must Help Halt Spread of HIV Through Unsafe Medical Practices in Developing Nations, Opinion Piece Says (August 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
WHO Leaders Say Billions More Condoms Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS in Asia (August 18, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Formula Feed Is "Medicine to Prevent HIV" (July 18, 2003)
Researchers recommend that formula feeding for babies of HIV-positive women in developing countries be treated as though the formula is a medicine -- which means it should be supplied continuously and adequately paid for by the government.
From aidsmap.com
HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region (PDF) (2003)
Statistical, demographic and epidemiological information about the HIV/AIDS pandemic, divided by region and by country.
From World Health Organization
Oil-Producing Nations Donate US$4 Million to Combat AIDS in Asia (November 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
AIDS Epidemic's Next Stop: Eurasia (November 12, 2002)
Excerpts from an editorial by the Indianapolis Star.
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)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Time Running Out in Asia's Battle Against AIDS: UN (August 2, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base Maps (July 2002)
A series of maps describing HIV seroprevalence in Southeast Asia in sex workers and pregnant women, through 2001.
From U.S. Bureau of the Census
amfAR Sounds Alarm on HIV in South/Southeast Asia: Standing on the Precipice Symposium at United Nations in Observance of World AIDS Day 2000 (November 30, 2000)
From American Foundation for AIDS Research
Introduction to MAP Report: The Status and Trends of the HIV/AIDS Epidemics in the World (PDF) (July 5-7, 2000)
From UNAIDS
The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: HIV Explodes in the Asia/Pacific Region (Summer 2000)
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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