Cambodia HIV Vulnerability Mapping 2000: Highways One and Five

This publication reveals the potential prospects of an increase in the HIV/AIDS infection rate due to the upgrading of the Highways One and Five connecting Cambodia to its neighbors Vietnam and Thailand. The UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development project has responded to this challenge by focusing on the linkage between development (i.e., the improvement of these major roads) population movement, bringing into contact rural communities and mobile constructions workers and boosting the possibilities for rural-urban work contacts, and HIV/AIDS.

The publication demonstrates that in order to reduce HIV vulnerability due to the construction work along the two highways an effective intervention with the collaboration of communities, construction contractors, and government authorities is crucial.