Publications

The ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML) is the only known migration forum in Asia that brings together key stakeholders in labour migration in the ASEAN, including government, employers and workers' organizations- as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, civil society and international organizations such as the International Labour Organization (ILO). This document is a summary report of the Post 6th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour GMS Consultation Workshop on good practice to improve existing complaint mechanism held on 15-16 August 2014 at Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2013 had seen many of Youth LEADers actively advocating for human rights, and needs in various forums, and platforms. Youth LEAD became the first youth organization to co-chair the Asia Pacific Interagency Task Team (IATT) on Young Key Populations along with UNAIDS n 2013. The IATT was fundamental in supporting development of the New Gen Asia Initiatives and a significant avenue to universalize the issue of YKP in Asia and the Pacific.

The Pacific Regional Strategy and Implementation Plan 2009-2013, (PRSIP II) has been the backbone of control initiatives in Pacific Islands Countries and Territories (PICTs) in the last five years to mitigate HIV and other STIs. Over the period, several PRSIP related objectives were carried out nationally in Tonga and cross-nationally by regional partners in PICTs. Majority of these interventions were jointly funded by the Response Fund (2009-2013) and Global Fund Round 7 (2008-2013). One of the important dictates of PRSIP is a need for PICTs to periodically review and update their National HIV and other STIs Control Strategic Plans. This document, Tonga National Integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health Strategic Plan (2014-2018) is the key deliverable of a cascade of six policies and strategies development phases.

How do we close the gap between the people moving forward and the people being left behind? This was the question we set out to answer in the UNAIDS Gap report. Similar to the Global report, the goal of the Gap report is to provide the best possible data, but, in addition, to give information and analysis on the people being left behind. Too often people at higher risk of HIV infection face multiple issues—such as being a young woman displaced from home and living with HIV. Ensuring that no one is left behind means closing the gap between people can get services and people who can't, the people who are protected and the people who are punished.

This paper addresses the sexual and reproductive health (SRH)—including HIV prevention, care and treatment — and other health service needs of adolescents aged 10 – 17 engaged in selling sex in the Asia Pacific region. While the United Nations defines adolescents as 10 – 19, we purposefully focus on ages 10 – 17 due to the unique legal and policy implications faced by this age group as compared to older cohorts. In regards to terminology, the term "engaged in selling sex" is used for its inclusive and non-stigmatising connotations as well as the benefit of a behavioural description to tailoring programmatic interventions. While the paper predominantly focuses on SRH and health services, we recognise that multiple systems, such as the social welfare and child protection systems, are organized around responding to adolescent needs. In addition, health issues arise from adolescent contact with health, law enforcement and child protection systems.

Nationally representative surveillance of HIVDR in populations initiating a standard triple-drug ART combination is critical to inform the selection of effective first-line ART combinations, as well as adequate pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) regimens. The purpose of this survey is to calculate (a) a nationally representative prevalence estimate of HIVDR among all ART initiators, and (b) a nationally representative prevalence estimate of HIVDR among initiators without prior exposure to ARV drugs.

This report has been compiled using country-level data reported to WHO on the procurement of ART via the Global Procurement Reporting Mechanism (GPRM), the WHO database on the regulatory status of ART, reports on the production capacity for the active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) of ARVs, the annual WHO surveys on the use of ART, the Global AIDS Response Progress Report data, the Global Update on the Health Sector Response to HIV 2014, as well as contributions from countries and major stakeholders involved in ART access. In this report we examine global trends in ARV prices and assess how WHO treatment guidelines have influenced the uptake of different ARV formulations.

This concept note describes methods to assess nationally representative levels of viral load suppression and drug resistance in adults receiving ART through the implementation of a cross-sectional survey. The main purpose of this survey is to calculate nationally representative prevalence estimates (with associated confidence intervals) of (1) VL suppression and (2) of HIVDR in populations receiving ART for 12 (±3) months and for ≥48 months.

This 17th edition of Untangling the Web of Antiretroviral Price Reductions is a departure from recent previous years. For this edition, the methods of collecting information on the sources and prices of antiretrovirals (ARVs) remain the same, but information is presented in a new, shorter format focusing on a few key drugs as well as future regimens, along with an analysis of the current opportunities, challenges and threats faced in keeping the price of ARVs down.

The results of Viet Nam’s national consultations on post-2015 contributed to the global report "A Million Voices" and informed several key reports, such as the Secretary-General's High-Level Panel, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Secretary-General’s recent report on the MDGs and the Post-2015 Agenda "A Life of Dignity for All". Since then, Viet Nam has remained actively engaged in the global post-2015 process. For the second round of national consultations on the implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda, the UN Country Team selected "participatory monitoring for accountability" of the six issues agreed at the global level3. This issue was considered critical for the successful implementation of the next development goal agenda in Viet Nam.