Globally, young women aged 15–24 are most vulnerable to HIV, with infection rates twice as high as in young men, at 0.6%. This disparity is most pronounced in sub-Saharan Africa, where 3.1% of young women are living with HIV, versus 1.3% of young men. Each minute one young woman acquires HIV, accounting for 22% of all new HIV infections, with sexual transmission being the dominant mode of infection. Much remains to be done to ensure that young people are able to correctly identify ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV.

Besides a robust & expanded HIV Sentinel Surveillance system, monthly reporting from over 10,000 programme units, mapping & size estimations, behavioural surveys as well as several studies, research projects and evaluations are generating rich evidence base on HIV/AIDS under National AIDS Control Programme.

With funding support from the European Commission (EC), the ICP project has been implemented since 2007 in Prey Veng, Kampong Chnnang, and Kampong Speu provinces. The project consists of homebased care (HBC); facilitation of access to care and treatment; provision of socio-economic support to PLHIV, OVC and their families; and stigma and discrimination reduction faced by PLHIV and OVC. Reviewing and documenting the mid-term project, relating to all relevant information regarding project implementation, is crucial in order to monitor progress and provide feedback to the project planner and implementer, so that revised interventions and better project implementation can be made.

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