Papua New Guinea: UNGASS 2006 Country Progress Report (January 2004-December 2005)

After the first detection of HIV/ AIDS in the country in 1987 the number of HIV infection has increased dramatically over the last eighteen years. At the end of 2002, HIV/AIDS epidemic in PNG was considered to have reached a generalized state. The total number of reported cases in 2002 was 1715 and the annual reported cases of HIV for 2003 and 2004 were 2299 and 2490 respectively. By June 2005 the number of reported cases had reached 1089 in that year. The cumulative total of HIV infection from 1987 to June 2005 was 12,341.