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The Northern Economic Corridor Project (National Route 3) upgraded a 220-kilometer road in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) linking Thailand and the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The project incorporated awareness and prevention education programs on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and drug and people trafficking in several aspects of its operations with the goal of mitigating risk and adverse outcomes associated with the road construction.
Route 3 passes through 94 villages and towns in the poor, northwest region of the Lao PDR. Road upgrading will bring significant economic development to two of the country’s poorest provinces (Louang Namtha and Bokeo).
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Many countries in Asia are experiencing epidemics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in injecting drug users and female sex workers. These epidemics are characterized by a marked contrast in patterns of HIV transmission both within and between countries. The situation in the neighbouring countries of Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Viet Nam provides a part ticular illustration of sharply contrasting epidemic patterns.
As part of the intervention project Community Action for Preventing HIV/AIDS in Cambodia, Viet Nam and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, baseline surveys were conducted in 2002 to provide a basis for short- and long-term evaluation.
This report aims to study patterns and determinants of HIV prevalence and risk-behaviour characteristics in different population groups in four border provinces of Viet Nam.
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Background of HBC in Cambodia:
- In 1998, joint pilot project on HBC in Phnom Penh by NCHADS, Municipal Health Department, WHO, and 8 NGO
- End of 1998, evaluation of the pilot project by NCHADS and WHO
- In 1999, expansion of HBC to Battambang province
- In 2000, evaluation on HBC service by NCHADS, Alliance/KHANAAlliance/KHANA
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The challenges posed by HIV have progressed inexorably during the past decade, especially for young people in developing countries. At the same time, many lessons have been learnt about developing and implementing programmes for young people’s health and development, including programmes to prevent the spread of HIV. In 2004, the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Young People decided that it was time to review the progress that had been made and to look again at the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions, focusing explicitly on interventions to prevent the spread of HIV among young people in developing countries.
This report is an attempt to rise to the challenge by providing systematic reviews of the evidence for policies and programmes to decrease HIV prevalence among young people, as a contribution towards achieving universal access to prevention, treatment and care (7) and attaining the Millennium Development Goal on AIDS (8).
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These revised guidelines on ARV Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants in Resource-Limited Settings are consistent with, and aim to support, the Call to Action Towards an HIV-free and AIDS-free Generation. The document is one of a trilogy of guidelines published at the same time which provide recommendations developed by WHO and its partners in support of the public health approach to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource constrained settings. It contains recommendations for the use of ARV drugs in pregnant women for their own health and for preventing HIV infection in infants and young children, and a summary of the scientific rationale for the recommendations. In particular, the publication aims to provide guidance to assist national ministries of health in the provision of ART for pregnant women with indications for treatment, and in the selection of ARV prophylaxis regimens to be included in programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission (MTCT), taking into account the needs and constraints on health systems in various settings.
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This is a presentation on Critical Issues in the Success of National ARV Treatment Programs in Asia. The presentation was made by Director Kevin Robert Frost of TREAT Asia.
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China's AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s as a localized epidemic among needle-sharing intravenous drug users along the border with Myanmar in China’s Yunnan Province. HIV infections are now found in all of China’s 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions, with new infections growing at an estimated rate of 30% annually since 1999 and 44% in 2003 (Wu, Rou, and Cui 2004). The epidemic has been unfolding for at least a decade and accelerating for the last few years (Kaufman and Jing 2002), and a narrowing window of opportunity exists to avert a much larger epidemic.
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Background:
- In February 2004, MSF-B started pediatric HIV/AIDS care in Takeo in collaboration with the hospital pediatric team
- Located and extended nearby the pediatric ward in the compound of Daunkeo RH, Takeo provincial town
- Staff: Hospital pediatric team + MSF-B staff
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Approximately 123,000 Cambodians aged 15-49 are estimated to be living with HIV. An additional 12,000 (approximately 10% of the total) are children under the age of 15.2 The provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART) to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) is a relatively new phenomenon in Cambodia. The National Strategic Response to HIV was, until 2004, primarily focused on HIV prevention thought VCCT and health education. But the advent of high level funding from the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM) has drawn attention to the need to expand and support ART services.
The Cambodian National Strategic Response to HIV/AIDS has a clearly articulated Continuum of Care (CoC) to provide HIV treatment to PLHA. The CoC has a particularly strong community component within it, but children with HIV are not currently encompassed within this structure. The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative is committed to supporting the government of Cambodia to expand pediatric HIV/AIDS care in Cambodia as outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding between CHAI and the Ministry of Health. This concept paper is a first step to try and achieve that goal.