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This document summarizes that HIV prevalence is scarce, given the current state of rebuild of Afghanistan's health system. UNAIDS has eliminated that, as of 2008, HIV prevalence among the general population is below 0.5%.

The first case of HIV in Bangladesh was detected in 1989. since then, the number of HIV cases has grown and by December 2009 and estimated 6,300 [5,200-8,300] adults and children were living with HIV.

Bhutan is considered a low HIV prevalence country, with an estimated prevalence of 0.2% among adults aged 15-49 as of 2009; there are an estimated fewer than 1,000 [<1,000-1,500] adults and children currently living with HIV in the country. 

Since the first case of HIV was detected in 1986, HIV prevalence in Brunei Darussalam has remained at <0.1%; however, the number of cases continues to grow and, by the end of 2009, a cumulative total of 56 cases of HIV had been reported together with 11 new cases of HIV for that year alone.

HIV was first detected in 1991 during serological screening of donated blood. Cambodia appears to be experiencing relative success in the fight against HIV. After peaking at approximately 3.3% in 1997-98, HIV prevalence among the adult population aged 15-49 years declined to 1.2% [0.85 - 1.6%] in 2001 and more recently estimated to be 0.5% [0.4-0.8%] in 2009.

The first case of HIV infection was reported in 1990 in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). By 1992, only 11 cases had been reported. However, by the end of the 1990s, the HIV epidemic in Vietnam had reached the concentrated stage with prevalence above the 5% threshold among key affected populations – mainly people who inject drugs (IDUs).

HIV was first identified in an American tourist in 1985 and the first epidemic of HIV infections was detected among drug users in the border regions of China in 1989. china is experiencing a low-prevalence epidemic, although some key regions are experiencing high prevalence epidemics.

As of 2007, the Democratic's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had an estimated population of 24 million, of which 24% are young people aged 10-24 years. Very little data on HIV prevalence and incidence is available. 

Sri Lanka - one of the few countries in the Asia Pacific region with a low-level epidemic - had an estimated adult HIV prevalence of less than 0.1% in 2009. The first case of HIV was detected in 1987, and it has been estimated that 2,800 people were living with HIV in 2009, up from 1,300 in 2001.

The first HIV case in the Philippines was detected in 1984. By the end of 2010, 6,015 individuals reported to the Philippines HIV and AIDS Registry, with more than one-fourth of all new infections being detected in 2010.