Publications - Released in 2004
In Cambodia, AIDS is reaching the general population. With an HIV/AIDS prevalence reaching 3% (2003) of the adult population, Cambodia is the country with the highest infection rate in the Asia and Pacific region. Mobility of the population and in particular rural exodus is increasing vulnerability of the people.
Although the AIDS epidemic is now well established into the general population, commercials sex workers and drugs users represent potential groups that can transmit the virus to their clients/partners. Prevention efforts targeting young people should therefore be reinforced and continued. That is the reason why UNICEF, together with UNESCO is supporting the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports for the conduction of a Youth Risk Behaviour Survey carried out on a national scale. The survey will provide key information on risk behaviour taken by young people and will make a new baseline about Cambodian youth.