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Five South East Asian Countries Sign Up to Fight AIDSSeptember 5, 2001 Representatives of Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to fight the spread of AIDS across the region, with a special focus on highly mobile people. Secretary-General of Cambodia's National AIDS Authority Tea Phalla said the number of HIV-affected people in Cambodia had dropped by 2.8 percent to 169,000 cases in 2000. While the number of reported AIDS cases in Cambodia fell in 2000, the number of deaths rose to 533, compared to 314 a year earlier. Cambodia is one of only three developing countries in the world where the spread of HIV appears to have slowed. The other two are Thailand and Uganda. Back to other CDC news for September 5, 2001 Agence France Presse 09.05.01  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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