Cambodia: UNGASS 2005 Country Progress Report (January 2004-December 2005)

The good news is that HIV prevalence among adults continues to decrease. According to the 2003 HIV surveillance data released by the National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STIs (NCHADS) in December 2004, the estimate of the national prevalence of HIV stands at 1.9% of all people aged 15 to 49 years, down from 2.2% in 2001. In all sentinel groups that formed part of the HIV surveillance system, the decline in HIV prevalence is evident. Levels of awareness about HIV/AIDS have gone up, and behaviour has changed. The prevalence among ante-natal care (ANC) attendees declined from 2.9% in 1999 to 2.2% in 2003. Among sex workers prevalence decreased from over 40% to around 20% over the same period.