Maldives Global AIDS Response Progress Report 2012

Based on the experience from the previous reporting round in 2010, National AIDS programme, lead the data compilation and report writing process. A working group was formed to prepare the report.

Data on the HIV epidemic in the Maldives is available in the form of case reports, among Maldivians, 15 cases of HIV had been identified via this method between 1991 and end of 2011. 11 of these people have died. Three out of the four people living with HIV in the Maldives are receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART), provided by the government. Among expatriate migrants, 257 cases had been identified as end of2009 (as a result of which they could not obtain a work permit / permit to stay and had to leave).

In 2008, the first BBS was conducted in the Maldives. Data was collected on sexual behavior and drug injecting behaviors, showing wide range and closely interconnected sexual networks across survey groups.