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Regional and country posters were prepared by UNAIDS Regional Support Team Asia-Pacific, UNAIDS Country Offices, and HIV and AIDS Data Hub for Asia-Pacific based on the following published sources of data: 1) HIV Sentinel Surveillance Surveys 2) Behavioural Surveillance Surveys 3) Integrated Bio-behavioural Surveys 4) United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV and AIDS (UNGASS) Country Progress Reports 2008 and 2010 5) Global AIDS Response Progress Reports 2012

Getting to Zero in Asia and the Pacific: Focus and Innovation UNAIDS Regional Management Meeting October 29, 2012

The report is intended to provide an evidence-base for: policy makers working in government, regional and multilateral organizations; parliamentarians; members of the judiciary; civil society organizations; donor agencies; and sex workers and their organizations engaged in advocacy to improve the legal and policy enabling environment for HIV responses. The study focuses on 48 countries of the Asia Pacific region, with an emphasis on low and middle-income countries.

The MoH HIV/STI unit conducted active surveillance for select STIs (syphilis, Chlamydia, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C) and HIV rapid testing in 5 districts of Timor-Leste: Covalima, Oecusse, Bobonaro, Dili, and Baucau. The HIV/STI unit also assessed the behavioral characteristics of specific high-risk target groups in those districts: female sex workers (FSW), males who have sex with other males (MSM), and uniformed personnel (UP). These data will help the HIV/STI program quantify HIV/STI prevalence in Timor-Leste and improve its programs.

Experts Meeting on Methodologies for Obtaining Strategic Information on Young People at Higher Risk of HIV Exposure September 3-5 2012, Bangkok, Thailand 

Tackling stigma and discrimination for improved HIV prevention and treatment is particularly critical in Greater Mekong Region (GMR) countries of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Myanmar, and Thailand, given that the epidemic is concentrated and growing amongst groups who face not only HIV-related stigma and discrimination, but also the underlying and HIV-associated stigmas of sex work, drug use, gender identity, and same-sex relationships.

The survey was planned, designed and implemented by Punjab Bureau of Statistics. The sample design and listing was provided by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics formerly known as Federal Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan. Technical input was obtained from global desk on MICS4, UNICEF. Fieldwork was carried out from July to December 2011. Findings reveal the significant variations in most of the indicators with respect to location, gender, household characteristics, administrative units and wealth quintiles.

Men having sex with men (MSM) has continued or emerged to account for a significant proportion of newly acquired HIV infection in countries around the world and also in Hong Kong. The first and second PRiSM was launched in 2006 and 2008 which revealed a HIV prevalence of 4.05% and 4.31% respectively. Organized as a regular public health surveillance programme to track the epidemic and inform intervention, the third round of PRiSM was conducted from July 2011 to February 2012.

This report explores a number of domestic financing options for the HIV/AIDS response and assesses their potential contribution to the current and future projected HIV/AIDS needs of the country. The resource needs for the period 2012-2020 are projected to increase from VDN 2.4 trillion in 2012 to VDN 6.4 trillion in 2020. Available baseline resources are estimated at VDN 2.4 trillion in 2012, decreasing to 1.13 trillion in 2020.

The surveillance of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection is of great value in designing, implementing and monitoring of public health programmes for the prevention and control of HIV infection and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). There are number of different methods available for HIV surveillance. Of these behavioural surveillance, biological or sero-surveillance, HIV and AIDS case surveillance and use of other supplementary data such as Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and Tuberculosis surveillance have been recommended by WHO/UNAIDS.