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International News 15,000 Orphaned Annually Due to AIDS in NepalApril 3, 2006 On Saturday in Kathmandu, the director of the National AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Control Center said about 15,000 children are orphaned by AIDS each year in Nepal. "The latest record states that till the end of 2005, the number of HIV positive was already 70,000, [of] which 22 percent were women in Nepal," Shyam Sundar Mishra said at a workshop entitled "HIV/AIDS Prevention and Women Leadership." The training, organized by the nongovernmental group Youth Power Nepal with support from the United States Agency for International Development Policy Project, sought to build female leadership and participation in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Xinhua News Agency 04.01.06  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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