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This report illustrates the powerful and negative effects of stigma on those affected by HIV/AIDS. The stories from children are particularly powerful. They remind us all of the human tragedies that lie behind the statistics. HIV/AIDS touches us all in some way – through family, friends, or communities. Addressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic requires a strong and coordinated response from all sectors of society - government, NGOs, churches, communities and children, as well as the international community. But this response has to incorporate changes in attitude and behaviour at the personal level, if they are to be successful.
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The aim of this study is to use existing information to provide a comprehensive picture of the levels, patterns, composition and trends of the various types of contemporary population mobility occurring within Indonesia, as well as from and to the country. Insofar as it is possible using existing data, the study aims to indicate how population mobility in Indonesia is linked to the existing and likely future diffusion of HIV/AIDS.
It finds that, while undoubtly such a relationship exists, there is a dearth of existing research and knowledge not only into the nature of the relationship but also the location of the places where mobility is influencing and likely to influence the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Indonesia, a geographically diverse country, has a relatively low HIV prevalence. However, cumulating epidemiologic evidence shows epidemics are emerging among some high-risk groups, particularly including sex workers in its eastern Irian Jaya Province and intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Jakarta. Three years of political upheaval and economic crisis have challenged development and health programs and threatened the integrity of this culturally and geographically diverse country
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Just over 1,500 new cases of HIV/AIDS, most involving sexual transmission, have been reported since January 1984. Surveillance data indicates that prevalence rates are low even among the most vulnerable groups. Awareness of ways to prevent HIV transmission remains high, but has not been translated to behavior change. Less than half of the at-risk population groups report consistent condom usage. Injecting drug use among some deep sea fishermen and freelance sex workers in General Santos City was unexpectedly high.
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Vietnam is still considered to have a concentrated HIV/AIDS epidemic, with almost two-thirds of reported HIV infections occurring to intravenous drug users (IDUs) and most of the rest in sex workers. The prevalence of HIV in all of the sentinel surveillance groups has been increasing steadily since 1996 (in 2000: IDUs 20%, sex workers 4.5%, STD patients 1.2%, military 0.5%, and ANC clients 0.25%), however still remaining below 1% among low risk population. Since the first case of HIV was reported in December 1990, the reported number of HIV-positive persons in Vietnam has increased to over 37,000 as of July 2001, however, the actual number of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) is much higher.
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HIV was first detected in Cambodia during serological screening of donated blood in 1991. The first cases of AIDS were diagnosed in late 1993 and early 1994. Between 1995-1998, surveillance data from the National AIDS Program (NAP), showed a significant spread of HIV in several key populations.
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Bangladesh is still a low HIV prevalence country, but faces tremendous challenges in remaining so. Although the first two national HIV Sentinel Surveillance rounds indicated low HIV prevalence among high risk groups such as Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), Male and Female Sex Workers and Transgenders, the simultaneously undertaken Behavioral Sentinel Surveillance (BSS) among the same groups showed very high rates of risk behavior, low condom use, low levels of risk perception and alarming levels of self-reported sexually transmitted infections (STI). FHI’s behavioral research among other high-risk groups strongly supports the BSS data and indicates that Bangladesh may not escape an HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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National Baseline BSS among the general population conducted in India in 2001.
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HIV/AIDS is a major development crisis that affects all sectors. During the last two decades the HIV/AIDS epidemic has spread relentlessly affecting people in all walks of life and decimating the most productive segments of the population particularly women and men between the ages of 20 and 49 years. The increasing number of AIDS related absenteeism from workplaces and deaths reflects the early manifestation of the epidemic leaving behind suffering and grief.
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This paper explores the nature of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Cambodia, its impact on the country’s development and its effect on the 40 percent of Cambodians who live below the poverty line. It views AIDS within a wider health context, and explores the socio-economic factors that underlie both the epidemic’s development and the shape of the country’s response. Finally, it examines Cambodia’s options going forward, arguing that future responses will be needed along three tracks – those specific to AIDS; those specific to health; and those with a broad development focus.