 | The HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome) epidemic in India is a rapidly escalating crisis. The government’s estimate that about 4 million persons in the country are HIV-positive is widely thought to understate the true figure. Throughout the country, persons in traditionally high-risk groups, including women in prostitution, injecting drug users, and men who have sex with men, have been shown to have alarmingly high rates of infection. In several states of India, such as Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, the epidemic has spread to the general population. Programs that provide information, condoms and HIV testing to persons in high-risk groups are crucial to preventing the further spread of the disease. Download this publication |
India Country Report: National AIDS Control Program. National AIDS Control Organization India (2002)
| The HIV virus continues to spread, causing nearly 16000 new infections a day in the world. During 1997 alone, that meant 5.8 million new HIV infections globally. Download this publication |
End Decade Statistical Report: Data and Descriptive Analysis. Statistics Indonesia and UNICEF (2002)
| In December 1999, The United Nations General Assembly ac- cepted Resolution No.54/93 on the implementation of the United Na- tions General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) scheduled for Sep- tember 2001. The aim of UNGASS is to follow up the agreement of the World Summit for Children (WSC). The WSC was held in New York in 1990. The resolution proposed that each member state conduct research into the progress of child welfare and development for the 10- year period, 1999 – 2000. Each member state shall report its findings to the UN. Reports consist of an End of Decade National Report and a Statistical Report as Annex. Download this publication |
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This study was carried out to determine HIV/STIs prevalence rates among both migrants and non-migrants males from four VDCs around the Sanfebagar valley of Achham district in far-western Nepal. The objectives of this study were also to measure the extent of relationship between the prevalence rates and risk behavior and to ascertain the extent of linkage between migration and HIV/STI transmission in the area. Data for this study was collected from a total of 610 males who were from 800 randomly selected households. From all respondents an oral informed consent was taken before conducting the individual interviews in a private setting. The pathological tests of the specimens were carried out in the central laboratories of SACTS Kathmandu and Auroprobe New Delhi. Download this publication |
| The Action guide is focused on the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (the Declaration), approved by the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) in June 2001. Download this publication |
| Case Study: 2nd generation surveillance in Bangladesh Download this publication |
| This report summarizes the results of a study carried out with the indigenous population of Papua, Indonesia’s easternmost province. The study arose out of a concern with high rates of HIV infection in the province. While research has shown Papuans have a low level of awareness about HIV/AIDS, there have been no studies which situate knowledge of HIV risk and prevention in a broader context of cultural practice and experience. In 2002, the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the Papua reached 1,000; thus awareness and presentation of HIV transmission is of critical importance. About 90% of HIV cases were contracted by heterosexual encounters, with a further 5% by homosexual encounters. This report does not address HIV transmission via intravenous drug use or blood transfusion, or vertical transmission from mother to child. Download this publication |
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In China, in the early 1980s, sexually transmitted diseases (STD) started to increase steeply. Sex workers and their clients appeared to play an important role in the spread of STD. Prostitution is illegal in China, and therefore no specific services exist for sex workers unless they are arrested and detained in re-education centres. Download this publication |
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The dawn of a new millennium, the first United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the first Chinese Conference on HIV/AIDS & STD, and the dramatic explosion of HIV epidemics in many parts of China represent the background and rationale for the China UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS (UNTG) to update its assessment of the HIV/AIDS situation and response in China. |
