HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

HIV/AIDS IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC ADB Asian Development Bank FIGHTING POVERTY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC VwwW.ADB.ORG NEW INFECTIONS 2011| 5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING W/ HIV IN THE ASIA AND PACIFIC REGION INDIA MYANMAR PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEPAL CAMBODIA MORE THAN 50% THAILAND 91% 88% O COUNTRIES W/ LARGEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING W/ HIV IN THE REGION 2001- 2011 AT LEAST BANGLADESH, GEORGIA, 25% KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZ REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES, SRI LANKA A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF NEW INFECTIONS ARE AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER AGE 25 WOMEN COMPRISE ABOUT 35% 20% MORE LIKELY TO BE HIV-POSITIVE /0 THAN GENERAL POPULATION 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE INJECT DRUGS HIV-INFECTED: MODES OF TRANSMISSION IN ASIA 1 IN 6 UNPROTECTED SEX BETWEEN MEN UNPROTECTED PAID SEX INJECTING DRUG USE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND INDIA ARE INCREASINGLY TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING MAJORITY OF THEIR HIV/AIDS RESPONSE NEEDS COUNTRIES THAT HAVE SCALED UP HIV PREVENTION & TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE SEEING A DROP IN NEW HIV INFECTIONS ADB NEW INITIATIVES IN 2013 EVIDENCE AIDS DATA HUB BUNADS n HIV PREVENTION AMONG HIGH-RISK GROUPS ALONG THE GMS TRANSPORT CORRIDORS AN ONLINE DATABASE TO PROMOTE EVIDENCE-BASED PLANNING AND INTERVENTIONS TO CONTROL AND REVERSE THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS IN THE REGION HIV and AIDS Data Hub HIV PREVENTION & CONTROL IN CENTRAL ASIA TO MITIGATE ADVERSE HEALTH IMPACTS HTTP://WWW.AIDSDATAHUB.ORG HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTIONS TARGETING KEY AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES STRENGTHEN LOCAL HIV PROGRAM ADDRESSING RISKS OF HIV RELATIVE TO ECONOMIC CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT IN MYANMAR Source: UNAIDS, WHO, ADB