Publications on People Living With HIV (PLHIV)

Cumulative HIV Cases in Nepal as of July 2017

Facts on the HIV care and antiretroviral therapy (ART) services in Nepal.

The aim of this review was to determine if packaged interventions, which include enhanced infection prophylaxis, screening, and other elements of care delivered together, can improve outcomes in HIV-positive patients presenting with advanced disease.

This technical update summarizes the recent evidence and provides programme considerations to support countries on how to transition to new antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for use in first- and second-line ARV in low and middle- income countries.

Facts on the background about HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) in Nepal:

This publication provides guidance on the public health response to pretreatment HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) to non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) among people without prior antiretroviral (ARV) drug exposure or people with prior ARV exposure who are initiating or reinitiating first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART).

This HIV Situation Brief provides situation information on the mode of HIV transmission, HIV knowledge, men who have sex with men, condom use, treatment, testing in the Philippines.

In May 2017, there were 1,098 new HIV antibody sero-positive individuals reported to the HIV/AIDS & ART Registry of the Philippines (HARP). This was 48% higher as compared with the same reporting period last year (741) and also the highest recorded cases ever since 1984. Eightyseven percent of those were asymptomatic at the time of reporting.

The first case of HIV infection in Hong Kong was reported in 1984. As of 2016, the Department of Health has received a cumulative total of 8,410 reports of HIV infection and 1,766 AIDS cases under the voluntary and anonymous HIV/AIDS reporting system.

This first progress report shows that members of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition have mobilized around strengthening HIV primary prevention.