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As reported by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in December 2000, threatening rates of transmission of HIV are being seen in much of Africa as well as in Asia. HIV has already killed more than 20 million people worldwide since the beginning of the epidemic. It has infected more than 36 million people; almost half of them were women.
It is generally agreed upon that failing to address the issues of PMTCT (prevention of mother-to-child transmission) dramatically increases the morbidity and mortality among children affected by HIV/AIDS. Thus, PMTCT has become the priority worldwide for reducing the numbers of HIV-infected children.
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On behalf of the UN Regional Taskforce on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, UNICEF EAPRO convened the 3rd Regional Taskforce meeting on 7-8 March 2001 in Bangkok. The objectives of the meeting were to:
1. Update country situations on PMCT
2. Update and share the latest technical and scientific data on the use of ARV, infant feeding options and existing guidelines, role of UNFPA in PMTCT and the evaluation results of VCT in Thailand
3. Amend the Terms of Reference of the Regional Taskforce and
4. Discuss upcoming PMCT global and regional events
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Effective prevention programmes have reduced HIV risk and lowered or stabilised HIV transmission rates in some countries of Asia. At the same time, however, warning flags have been raised after information from new data collection efforts have revealed that injecting drug use is spreading and that condom use is uncommon, including among clients of sex workers and men who have sex with men. In many places prevention efforts are hampered by the shame and stigma attached to AIDS.
Drug use and HIV vulnerability remain issues of great concern for many countries in Asia and the Pacific because surveys indicate that in some geographical areas more than sixty per cent of all injecting drug users are HIV- positive. In several Asian countries, injecting drug users represent the largest group of those who are HIV-positive.
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The HIV and AIDS pandemic has created impact on societies like no other past disease. The virus knows no social, ethnic, gender, economic or cultural boundaries. It has caused devastation in many countries in the world, particularly where poverty, crowding and poor human and economic development have provided an ideal environment for the virus to take hold and for AIDS to develop. AIDS is now one of the endemic diseases of the majority of sub-Saharan African countries and is spreading rapidly throughout South-East and South Asia.
This document will be presented for endorsement to the governing body of SPC, the South Pacific Conference, as an indication of support for a coordinated, collaborative and appropriate response to HIV/AIDS and STD in the Pacific Islands countries and territories. However, the strategy is only useful if the information is used to guide activities.