Scaling Up Towards Universal Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support: Mongolia Country Report

Mongolia is a country in North East Asia with a population of 2.5 million. Since 1992 there were 16 cases of HIV/AIDS reported. As of December 2005 the number of HIV/AIDS cases is estimated to be less than 500 cases (WHO/UNAIDS Global Report). Eleven of the 16 reported cases were diagnosed within 2005, while the remaining 5 cases were diagnosed over a period of 12 years.

At the end of 2005, many indications point that Mongolia is at the brink of an HIV epidemic with an imminent risk to the widespread dissemination of HIV to the general population through sexual transmission.