Fighting a Rising Tide: Update of the HIV/AIDS Situation in Singapore 2008

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains an important public health challenge in Singapore. The number of newly diagnosed HIV-infected cases has been steadily increasing over the past decade, mirroring the trend in other Asian countries.

Singapore’s multi-pronged National HIV/AIDS Control Programme comprises education of the general public and high-risk groups, legislation, protection of the national blood supply through screening of blood and blood products, management of cases and contact tracing, epidemiological surveillance, and scaling up the prevention and control of conventional sexually-transmitted infections (STIs).