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Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are both major public health problems in the South-East Asia Region of WHO. Of the 20 million people suffering from active TB globally, 8 million are in this Region. Each year, three million new cases of TB are added and nearly three-quarters of a million die of the disease. At the same time, the Region is home to nearly 6 million people living with HIV/AIDS or nearly 18% of PHA, the largest proportion following sub-Saharan Africa, making it the second highest Region affected by HIV in the world.
The SEA Region has been the first to initiate joint annual meetings for the national TB and HIV programme managers of Member Countries. This has led to laying the foundation for collaboration between the two programmes. The second joint meeting of National HIV/AIDS and TB Programme Managers from Member Countries in the SEA Region was held between the 19-22 November 2002 at Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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UNICEF EAPRO convened the UN Regional Taskforce meeting in Bangkok from 27-29 August 2003 as part of ongoing efforts to support countries to respond strategically and effectively to HIV/AIDS, to share the lessons learned between countries and from clinical trials and programme initiatives, and to meet the Millennium Development Goals, and the Declaration of Commitments arising from the 2001 UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS.
There were a total of 23 participants from nine countries and 10 resource persons from regional technical organizations.
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This package is the fourth of a series of repackaged products aimed to serve as a vehicle for alerting our users to a wealth of highly valuable educational resources that exist in the field of HIV/AIDS in the context of adolescent reproductive and sexual health. The purpose of the UNESCO Regional Clearing House’s repackaging programme is to bring to the attention of the users valuable information which would never have been read simply because they seem not to be easily accessible. Very few probably know where they are located; or if they can be accessed, they come in either highly technical or unreadable language or understandably, in the national language. Very often, they also come in overwhelming volumes and very poor presentation that discourage reading.
The information consolidation and repackaging strategy of the UNESCO Regional Clearing House addresses this potential waste of resources by reviewing, analysing and selecting the most useful and relevant information, screening out poor information, processing them into more readable language culling out policy and practice implications and repackaging them into various attractive formats that would render themselves easily readable and applicable to decision-making and programme improvements.
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The International Labour Organisation has developed a Code of Practice on HIV/AIDS and the world of work following widespread consultations with governments, employers and workers. This provides practical guidance for developing national and workplace policies and programmes to combat the spread of HIV and mitigate its impact.
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At the International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo in September 1994 and its subsequent review in 1999 (ICPD+5), 179 countries agreed that population and development are inextricably linked, and that empowering women and meeting people’s needs for education and health, including reproductive health, are necessary for both individual advancement and balanced development. Advancing gender equality, promoting male responsibility, eliminating violence against women and ensuring women’s ability to control their own fertility were acknowledged as cornerstones of population and development policies.
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The South East Asia and the Pacific UN Regional Taskforce on Prevention of Mother- to- Child Transmission (PMCT) convened its 3rd meeting in Beijing, People Republic of China from 23-24 June 2002. A total of 35 professionals participated in this two-day meeting. Participants discussed the country level PMCT experiences to-date and latest technical information and how these could be applied for their respective PMCT country programme. This report summarized the discussion according to the following (seven key programme components).
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The inter-regional workshop ‘Young people, HIV/ AIDS, Drug and Substance Use in Asia’ organized jointly by the UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific Regional Office (EAPRO) and the Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA), in collaboration with UNDCP Regional office for South Asia, took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 18 – 22 March 2002. It brought together a total of fifty-eight participants from the various government ministries, the NGO sector as well as UNICEF staff from eleven countries in South and South East Asia.
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In spite of recent decades of unprecedented economic growth and industrialization in South East Asia, the bulk of economic activity is still based on agricultural production in rural areas. While urbanization continues to be a key demographic trend, most people still live in rural areas working in the agricultural sector. This is especially the case for Cambodia where an estimated 11.5 million people, or 80 per cent of the population, are living and working in rural areas. In Cambodia, as elsewhere in South East Asia, rural populations, due to their sheer size, must be at the center of any effective national programme to mitigate the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS.
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As the HIV/AIDS pandemic spreads throughout South and Southeast Asia, there has been much debate in recent years about how best to incorporate HIV counseling and testing services into HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support programs in the region. A wide variety of views exist about which approaches are most feasible, acceptable, and cost-effective. New public health imperatives, such as the prevention of mother-to child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, and difficult human rights issues also challenge counseling and testing service providers. Throughout the region, some countries have substantial programmatic and research experience in HIV counseling and testing, while others are still developing national policies and designing pilot interventions.
In recognition of the potential for regional exchange of views and experiences on this important issue, the Population Council's Horizons Project and Family Health International's Implementing AIDS Prevention and Care (FHI/IMPACT) Project organized a three-day workshop from February 1-3, 1999, in Mumbai, India.
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As in other regions of the world, youth in South Asia will be disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. This has major implications for a region in which approximately 54 % of its population is below the age of 25 – the age of vulnerability for risk taking behaviour. Infection patterns already show the disturbing trend of increased infections in young people below the age of 25. Of the estimated four million people living with HIV/AIDS in the region more than one third are young people below the age of 25. This trend in infections means that large numbers of young people could become affected with devastating human and economic consequences.
The Regional Strategy has an objective of reducing HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among young people aged 10-24, and to increase access to care and support services for those affected by the epidemic by 2003 in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.