Impact of AIDS
Impact of AIDS
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Cambodia has made significant progress in reducing the spread of HIV through aggressive prevention strategies and universal coverage of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Incidence has now decreased from 110 new cases per day in 1994 to 4 cases per day in 2008. Nonetheless, more than 75,000 people living with HIV reside within over 60,000 affected households. The challenges the country faces from HIV ... Download this publication |
 | Access to HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains a challenge to HIV/AIDS control programmes in developing countries. Global figures from 2007 indicate that only 31% of people in need actually received ART (WHO 2008). The High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS at the UN General Assembly in 2006 resulted in a unanimous endorsement of the goal of moving towards universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010 (United Nations General Assembly 2006; UNAIDS 2008). One of five strategies for achieving this goal is accelerating the uptake of ART (WHO 2007). Download this publication |
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-Assess SE impact in wide range of areas (income and employment; consumption, assets and savings; coping mechanism; stigma; health; education; gender etc) Download this publication |
| The primary purpose of this document is to provide key constituents who are actively involved in a country’s response to AIDS with essential information on core indicators that measure the effectiveness of the national response.These guidelines will also help ensure the consistency and transparency of the process used by national governments. In addition, this information can be used by UNAIDS to prepare regional and global progress reports on implementation of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS. Download this publication |
| India is one of the largest and most populated countries in the world, with over one billion inhabitants. Of this number, it's estimated that around 2.5 million people are currently living with HIV. HIV emerged later in India than it did in many other countries, but this has not limited its impact. Infection rates soared throughout the 1990s, and have increased further in recent years. The crisis continues to deepen, as it becomes clearer that the epidemic is affecting all sectors of Indian society, not just the groups – such as sex workers and truck drivers – that it was originally associated with. Download this publication |
| The global HIV/AIDS pandemic continues largely unabated. If current trends persist, it is projected that 0 million more HIV infections will occur by 0 and the annual number of new infections could increase by 0% or more by 0. Beyond the substantial human toll, the epidemic has broader impacts throughout many parts of a society, largely because HIV remains a fatal disease that primarily affects those who are young and in their most productive years. Because of this, HIV is considered a threat to overall development in many of the hardest hit nations, complicating efforts to reduce poverty, improve access to education and health care, address gender inequality, and maintain national security. This broader “multisectoral impact” is one of the more unique and salient features of the HIV pandemic and is important to understand for informing policy and planning efforts at all levels of society: a multisectoral impact necessitates a multisectoral response. Download this publication |
| The overall objectives of this study are to quantify the poverty impacts of an escalating HIV/AIDS crisis in the Pacific, and to raise awareness and increase understanding among key decision makers. Download this publication |
| Demographic Impact of HIV • In Africa, life expectancy has declined from 62 to 47 years • In Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland, life expectancy is less than 40 years of age • In Uganda, 60% of deaths among children under 5 years are due to AIDS; in Zimbabwe the figure is 70% Download this publication |
| ong Kong has had successes in HIV prevention over the last decade. Prevalence among injecting drug users has remained extremely low. Few female sex workers (FSW) in Hong Kong are HIV positive, and clients of sex workers in Hong Kong consistently use condoms 80% of the time. Download this publication |
