Impact of AIDS
Impact of AIDS
 | The AIDS epidemic has the potential to cause severe economic problems. In Asia, with its relatively low-level epidemic, these problems are likely to be confined to direct effects on individuals, on specific industries, and on well- definedgeographicalareas. However,iftheepidemicgrowssubstantially— and there are indications that it could—Asia could face wider economic consequences. Download this publication |
| The HIV/AIDS epidemic is threatening the lives of families throughout the world and millions of children and adolescents have been orphaned or made vulnerable as a result. In Asia, Cambodia is one of three countries in which HIV/AIDS has become generalized throughout the population, leaving children and households among the hardest hit by the epidemic (UNAIDS, 2003). The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STD (NCHADS) estimates that 123,100 adults in Cambodia were living with HIV/AIDS in 2003 (NCHADS, 2003); an amount approximately equal to 2.6 percent of the population between 15 and 49 years old (UNAIDS, 2003). Download this publication |
| The HIV/AIDS epidemic is in a concentrated stage in Viet Nam, although the epidemiologic evidence already points to intensification of HIV prevalence in vulnerable populations and geographic expansion of the epidemic to high risk groups throughout Viet Nam. Official estimates suggest that in 2004 0.5 percent of the adult population is HIV positive. Large numbers of people are already feeling the impact of HIV/AIDS in Viet Nam, even at the current low prevalence. Because of the country’s large population size the present prevalence translates into more people with HIV/AIDS than when a country like Botswana, the country with the highest HIV prevalence, had an adult prevalence rate in excess of 20 percent. Download this publication |
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Continuing comprehensive assessment of population health gap is essential for effective health planning. This paper assessed changes in the magnitude and pattern of disease burden in Thailand between 1999 and 2004. It further drew lessons learned from applying the global burden of disease (GBD) methods to the Thai context for other developing country settings. Download this publication |
| Results and findings from this research were analysed and categorised according to the 4 principles of the child rights programming approach. These 4 principles include: best interests of the child, non-discrimination, survival and development, and participation. Download this publication |
| his report makes a rapid appraisal of the impact of conflict on HIV/AIDS in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is intended as a strategic document, written from the perspective of policy professionals and decision makers outside the health sector. Download this publication |
| Great changes have taken place over the last decade in China. While the country’s GDP has increased more than four-fold, socioeconomic transformations have also contributed to and accelerated the epidemci of HIV/AIDS in China. The likelihood of an HIV epidemic has increased. Download this publication |
| Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a problem impacting on all countries around the world. A recent Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting on HIV/AIDS focused on the economic and security aspects of the escalating epidemic in the region. It was recognised in the discussions that HIV/AIDS could come to place unaffordable demands on countries in the region if the spread of the disease goes unchecked. This makes prevention an essential reaction to this threat (Asia Pacific Ministerial Meeting, October 2001). Papua New Guinea (PNG) is facing one of the greatest potential epidemics if actions are not undertaken or are not successful in controlling the spread of the virus. Download this publication |
| The first AIDS case in India was detected in 1986 and since then, HIV/AIDS epidemic has emerged as a serious public health problem in India. Of the 39.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide, 7.1 million are from South and South East Asia and more than 70% of these infections are in India. It is estimated by the Indian government and the UNAIDS that as on December 2004, about 5.1 million individuals- 0.9 percent of the adult population were living with HIV/AIDS in India. Download this publication |
