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In December 2012, there were 293 new HIV Absero-positive individuals confirmed by the STD/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory (SACCL) and reported to the HIV and AIDS Registry (Table 1). This was 9% higher compared to the same period last year (n=268 in 2011).   Download this document.

HIV related data are collected regularly through programme monitoring and surveys, particularly the Integrated Biobehavioural Surveys (IBBS) that are carried out routinely. The IBBS provides the most updated information. Recent data from the IBBS (2009-11) in Nepal suggests that HIV is continuing to be confined within key affected population groups.

People who inject drugs (PWIDs), gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM), sex workers (both male and female), male labour migrants (particularly to India, where they likely visit sex workers) are at the centre of the epidemic, with a higher risk of acquiring HIV. Overall, the epidemic is largely driven by sexual transmission that accounts for more than 85% of the total new HIV infections. According to the new estimates, there are around 50,000 people living with HIV in Nepal with an overall national HIV prevalence of 0.3% among adults aged 15-49 years.   Download this document.

The Roundtable was designed to build an informed and engaged group of legal professionals and advocates committed to leading the legal response to HIV. In pursuance of this aim, the Roundtable created a forum for the examination and evaluation of legal and policy barriers to the HIV response in South Asia.

Roundtable delegates identified the following key legal and policy barriers to the HIV response:

1. the criminalization of behaviors of key populations at higher risk of HIV (key populations);

2. punitive law enforcement policy and practices;

3. a broad lack of sensitivity, knowledge and awareness of HIV by law and justice sector stakeholders;

4. the gap between black letter law and practice; and

5. a lack of coordination and collaboration within the law and justice sector (in the HIV response).   Download this document.

Table 1: Number of Singapore Residents Reported with HIV/AIDS (1985-2011)

Table 2: Distribution of HIV/AIDS - Infected Singapore Residents by Mode of Transmission (1985-2011)

Table 3: HIV/AIDS - Infected Singapore Residents by Marital Status and Sex (1985-2011)

Table 4: HIV/AIDS - Infected Singapore Residents by Ethic Group (1985-2011)

Table 5: HIV/AIDS - Infected Singapore Residents by Age and Sex (1985-2011)   Download this document.

In 2011, a total of 461 Singapore residents were newly reported to have HIV infection, an increase of 4.5% compared to 441 cases in 2010 (Table 6.1). This brings the cumulative total number of HIV/AIDS infections among residents since the first case was diagnosed in 1985 to 5,306.   Download this document.

Vietnam has achieved considerable success in scaling up its programmatic response to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic in recent years. However while public agencies and civil society organisations have played a key role in this success, 74% of total resources have come from development partners.   Download this document.

This report is a compiled analysis of two National AIDS Spending Assessments (NASA) conducted in 2010 and 2011 in Viet Nam by a team of consultants hired by UNAIDS Vietnam, with the support from Viet Nam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control. The first NASA captured AIDS expenditure by nearly all national and international funding sources in Viet Nam over the two-year period 2008 to 2009, while the second NASA captured this expenditure for 2010. The two NASA track the resources of health services as well as social-mitigation, education, labour, justice and other sectors to embody the multisectoral response in Viet Nam. Through its findings, the NASA aim to inform and support the development of Viet Nam’s new National Strategy on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control to 2020, with a vision to 2030.   Download this document.