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HIV and AIDS in South Asia
HIV and AIDS in South Asia

Between 2-3.5 million people in South Asia are living with HIV. Prevalence among vulnerable groups at high risk are rapidly increasing in some places. High risk practices, such as sex work and injecting drug use, drive the epidemic in the region.

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South Asia Country HIV/AIDS Profile

Country HIV/AIDS Profile

- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka


South Asia Country HIV/AIDS Profile

What's New

- Tackling HIV In India: The Challenge Ahead (Feature Story)
- 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP 9), Bali, August 9-13, 2009
- XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, July 18-23, 2010
- Global AIDS epidemic: 2008 UNAIDS Report

South Asia Country HIV/AIDS Profile

Fact Sheets

- Transport and Other Infrastructure: Transport sector is crucial in reducing the spread of HIV
- Finance and Private Sector: Business Case for AIDS
- Education: has a key role in the HIV/AIDS response in South Asia
- Agriculture and Rural Development: Vulnerability and Risk among Rural Populations
- Social Development: Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Social Development


South Asia Country HIV/AIDS Profile

Regional Activities

- Development Marketplace: Tackling HIV and AIDS Stigma and Discrimination: From Insights to Action
- India: 3rd National AIDS Control Project


Projects

- Afghanistan: HIV/AIDS Prevention Project
- Bangladesh: HIV/AIDS Prevention Project
- Bhutan: HIV/AIDS and STI Prevention and Control Project
- India: Third National HIV/AIDS Control Project
- Pakistan: HIV/AIDS Prevention Project
- Sri Lanka: National HIV/AIDS Prevention Project
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Publications

Afghanistan: Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities
- Corporate Responses to HIV/AIDS: Case Studies from India
- AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding
- HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in India: Modeling the cost and consequences
- HIV/AIDS Analysis, Data, and Resources


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Last updated: 2008-06-05


Events

Aug 03, 2008The World Bank at the XVII International AIDS Conference
May 11, 2008Harm Reduction 2008: IHRA’s 19th International Conference

What's New

Jul 30, 2008UNAIDS 2008 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic (What´s New)
Jul 23, 2008Tackling HIV In India: Evidence-Based Priority Setting And Programming, an article from July/August 2008 Health Affairs (What´s New)
May 10, 2008Mapping and Situation Assessment of Key Populations at High Risk of HIV in Three Cities in Afghanistan (What´s New)
  
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