National responses
National responses
 | Myanmar is one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV epidemic in Asia. In 2004, a workshop organized by the National AIDS Programme (NAP), with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), estimated that 338 911 adults between 15 and 49 years of age were living with HIV. The figure falls within the range of 170 000 to 620 000 HIV-infected adults and children in Myanmar estimated by WHO and UNAIDS for the same year. The NAP, with support from WHO and the participation of UNAIDS and United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), conducted an external review of the national health response to HIV/AIDS from 27 March to 7 April 2006 as part of the process of development of the National Strategic Plan 2006-2010. Download this publication |
| In October 2003 the Prime Minister announced that the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) had been asked to increase Australia’s involvement throughout the Asia–Pacific region, specifically to promote the prevention and reduction of drug use, and treatment for those with drug problems . To provide appropriate advice to the Australian Govern- ment, the ANCD formed a committee of individuals with a broad range of experience and expertise in drug policy and in Asia and the Pacific . The mission of the Asia–Pacific Drug Issues Committee (APDIC) is to advise the ANCD and the Australian Government on ways to maximise Australia’s response to and leadership and impact on Asia–Pacific regional illicit drug issues Download this publication |
| The Country Harmonization and Alignment Tool (CHAT) Pilot Assessment The GTT recommendations, particularly those on empowering national leadership and improving alignment and harmonization, are highly relevant to the Indonesian context. The government made high level commitments at UNGASS in 2001 but the National AIDS Strategy 2003-2007 has, as yet, not been systematically operationalised through costed national action plans. While financing the response to the epidemic in Indonesia doubled from 2005 onwards, Download this publication |
| The Maldives took action against HIV before the first domestic case was reported in 1987 and, as a result, has so far kept the threat to a minimum. With few resources currently required for treatment, the Maldives has the opportunity to focus on better understanding risk factors, such as sexual practices and drug use and accessibility to health services, and translating this knowledge into improved action in the ongoing HIV/AIDS program. Download this publication |
| The HIV Serosurveillance survey (HSS) 2003 found a 1.9% HIV prevalence among adults aged 15-49 years. Using HSS 2003 figures, it was estimated that 123,000 adults were living with HIV/AIDS including 57,000 women and that an estimated 9,000 children were living with HIV in 2003. Download this publication |
| Over the past several years every region and involved department have been conscientiously implementing the "the notice about Chinese Long and Medium Term Plan for Preventing and Controlling the Spread of HIV/AIDS (1998 - 2010) ---State Council Document (1998) No. 38”, “the notice about sincerely enhancing the works on AIDS prevention and treatment ---State Council Document (2004) No. 4”, and “the notice about the distribution of China's Action Plan for Reducing and Preventing the Spread of HIV/AIDS (2001 - 2005)---State Council Office Document (2001) No. 40” Download this publication |
| SoSec consulting services carried out process evaluation under a contract from the National AIDS Control Program, Pakistan. The evaluation parameters covered the assessment of: (i) preventive package of services provided to three high-risk population groups at five sites i.e. female sex workers in cities of Lahore and Karachi, men having sex with men in Lahore and jail inmates at Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur; (ii) quality of services for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), on the basis of syndromic management approach, in randomly selected 57 public sector hospitals in provinces and special areas; and (iii) screening of blood and blood products against HIV including quality assurance standards from a ample of 63 randomly selected public and private sector blood banks from provinces and special areas. Download this publication |
| The Papua New Guinea (PNG) national response to HIV and AIDS has expanded significantly with a strong focus on provincial level activities including the establishment of Provincial AIDS Committees (PACs), increased grant funding for community level activities, increased involvement of government and non-government partners and greater engagement with Provincial and District level governments. Download this publication |
| There is no recent data available on the HIV/AIDS situation in the country. There is little or no knowledge on sexual behavioural patterns and the prevalence of other sexually transmitted infection among young people in the country. However, risk factors for HIV/AIDS exist in DPR Korea. Poor injection practices and low quality of blood transfusion services along with increasing cross border travel between DPRK and China, a country with a growing rate of HIV infections, heightens the risk of potential exposure to HIV/AIDS in DPR Korea. Download this publication |
