Publications

The fifth round of IBBS among 360 male People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in three Eastern Terai districts (Jhapa, Morang, and Sunsari) was conducted by the NCASC with financial support from the Global Fund. This survey primarily collected strategic information needed to analyze the trends in risk behaviors associated with HIV/STI infection among PWID.

The Bureau of Epidemiology has conducted HIV surveillance among direct and indirect sex workers since 1989 to monitor and control the HIV epidemic. This has empowered sex workers and enabled them to negotiate for safer sex and condom use, leading to proactive service delivery and consistent access to STI services.

HIV surveillance applies a repeated survey method, and the 28th round was conducted in 2010. Collected data were used to compare with those from the previous rounds to monitor changes of HIV prevalence. Data were collected from IDU rehabilitation clinics of general hospitals, provincial hospitals, and drug rehabilitation centers by collecting all visited IDU cases in June. If the sample size is less than 10, data collection will be extended until the 15th of July. Data from the provinces of more than 20 samples will be used to calculate the median of HIV infection at the national level.

The Lao Social Indicator Survey (LSIS) is a nationally representative sample survey. Its field data collection was conducted from October 2011 to February 2012. Among the 18,843 successfully interviewed nationally in the survey, 97,421 household members were listed. Of these, 47,820 were male and 49,601 were female. The average household size found in the survey was 5.2. 

In 2012, a behavioural survey among youth was conducted. Its aims were to assess the knowledge, attitudes and risk behaviours among youth in order to better identify how to deliver targeted interventions aiming to reduce risk of HIV and STI infections. 674 youth were recruited from various islands in the Cook Islands.

The Global Fund Results Report 2012 presents the latest data from recipients of Global Fund grants in 151 countries – as well as the latest evidence of impact on the HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria pandemics, and the most up-to-date information on Global Fund financing. It highlights the continued progress and the scale-up achieved by low- and middle-income countries around the world, made possible by the collaboration and efforts of hundreds of governments, donors, recipients, technical agencies, private companies and civil society organizations.

The Fiji Government, via the National HIV Board, is pursuing a robust initiative to capture strategic information regarding the national response to HIV & AIDS vis-à-vis the tracking of financial information from financing sources to actual expenditures. This report outlines the concerted effort of the NASA Technical Working Group, as part of its workshop from 10th – 12th December 2012, to track expenditure and engage stakeholders in the consistent utilization of the NASA resource tracking system as a vital component in reporting.

Domestic investments have surpassed global giving in 2011. Low- and middle-income countries invested US$ 8.6 billion in 2011. While countries are tipping the balance, international assistance still remains critical and indispensable in the short and medium term. International assistance from donor government and philanthropies has remained stable at around US$ 8.2 billion in the past few years.

The methodology for carrying out this study has centered on three elements:

• projection of the course of the epidemic under different program scale-up scenarios;
• estimating the resources required for addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic as it unfolds according to the different scenarios; and,
• assessing how the resources required in the future might be financed.  

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.