HIV & AIDS in Asia
| HIV/AIDS in Asia -- 2007 |
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Adults and children living with HIV | 4.9 million
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Adult and child deaths from AIDS | 300,000
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Adults and children newly infected with HIV | 440,000
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Statistics from UNAIDS. For full report, click here. (PDF)
Regional Overview
- Most Gay Men in Asia Have No Access to HIV Prevention, Care (August 18, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Drug Patents Come Under Fire at AIDS Conference (August 16, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- Asia-Pacific: Innovative Media Tools Deliver HIV/AIDS Messages (August 14, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- Five-Day Congress On AIDS In Asia-Pacific Concludes (August 14, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Asia-Pacific: After Medical Gains in HIV, the New War Is on Stigma (August 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Funding, Treatment Standards, Empowering Women Addressed at ICAAP (August 13, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Asian Development Bank to Fight HIV Spread in Road Projects (August 12, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Highlights From the 9th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (August 12, 2009)
Global Fund director says G20 can become donor nations; UNAIDS director outlines ways to reduce spread of HIV in Asia; Jakarta Post examines efforts to educate, protect women from spread of HIV in Papua; IPS examines "scant presence of mainstream media" at Asia's largest HIV/AIDS meeting.
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Health Experts Gather in Bali to Address HIV/AIDS in Asia, the Pacific (August 10, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Asian Health Officials Warn That Without Intervention, HIV Cases Will Increase Among MSM in Region (February 19, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- WHO Says Gay Men Fuelling HIV/AIDS Spread in Asia (February 17, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV/AIDS Cases in Asia Could Reach 10 Million by 2010, Officials Say (December 1, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- 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)
[Archived Article]
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
- Many Young Asians Ignorant About HIV Transmission Risks, UNICEF Says (June 1, 2004)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Press Briefing with Joep Lange, M.D., and Dan Kuritzkes, M.D., on Concerns Regarding the Scale-Up of Antiretrovirals in Developing Countries (Summer 2004)
[Archived Article]
This briefing took place at the XV International AIDS Conference on July 15, 2004.
In Positives for Positives, from Wyoming: Positives for Positives
- 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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
UNAIDS' comprehensive analysis of the AIDS epidemic in Asia; please note, this is a 9.45MB file.
From UNAIDS
- Religions Rise to AIDS Challenge (December 5, 2003)
[Archived Article]
Orthodox thinkers in most South Asian faiths have long suggested that the fate of people with AIDS is divine punishment for immoral behavior; many don't feel that way any longer.
From BBC News
- The United Nations Report on HIV/AIDS in Asia (Excerpted) (December 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- WHO Warns Asia of Wider HIV/AIDS Epidemic (September 10, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 140 Community Leaders Living With HIV/AIDS Gather in Thailand (September 9, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Asia's Tough Line on Drugs, Prostitution Hinders AIDS Fight (September 4, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Asia Leaders Ignore Looming AIDS Crisis -- UN Envoy (September 2, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Asian Health Experts at Laotian Conference Agree to Expand Program Aimed at "100% Condom Use" Among Sex Workers (August 25, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- United States Must Help Halt Spread of HIV Through Unsafe Medical Practices in Developing Nations, Opinion Piece Says (August 21, 2003)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Formula Feed Is "Medicine to Prevent HIV" (July 18, 2003)
[Archived Article]
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
- Powell Appeals for Asia to Recognize AIDS as a Security Threat (June 18, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Report: Documents Show Bayer Unit Sold HIV-Risky Blood-Clotting Medicine Abroad (May 22, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Spread of AIDS in Asia's Militaries a Threat to Security (May 20, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS, Child Trafficking Major Problems in Asia-Pacific: UNICEF (May 12, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- UN Official Says Methamphetamine Abuse Spreading HIV Among Asian Youth (April 9, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Three Times as Many People Living With HIV/AIDS in Middle East, West Asia Than Three Years Ago, WHO Reports (February 24, 2003)
[Archived Article]
Since 1999, the number of HIV-positive people in these areas has risen from 220,000 to 700,000.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region (PDF) (2003)
[Archived Article]
Statistical, demographic and epidemiological information about the HIV/AIDS pandemic, divided by region and by country.
From World Health Organization
- Hollywood Actor Richard Gere Wants Western Nations to Do More to Prevent AIDS in Asia (November 18, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS in Asia: The Continent's Growing Crisis (November 17, 2002)
[Archived Article]
AIDS menace bears down on Asia.
In San Francisco Chronicle
- 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
- Global War Against AIDS Runs Short of Vital Weapon: Donated Condoms (October 9, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Epidemic in Asia May Become the Largest in the World, Says UNAIDS (October 7, 2002)
[Archived Article]
Investing in prevention and care makes good economic sense.
From UNAIDS
- 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)
[Archived Article]
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)
[Archived Article]
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
- Asia and the Pacific (December 2001)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2001, from UNAIDS
- New Report Sounds Alarm Over AIDS in Asia (October 4, 2001)
[Archived Article]
Cautions AIDS will spread unless rapid action rapidly stepped up; warns some countries on brink of potentially explosive epidemics.
From UNAIDS
- 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)
[Archived Article]
From amfAR, The 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
- Beyond Our Borders (March 1999)
[Archived Article]
Outside the United States, countries have a lot more to worry about than protecting the rights of the HIV-positive.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Fourth International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (February 1998)
[Archived Article]
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
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