UNGASS indicators country report

The first cases of AIDS were reported in Nepal in 1988. Available epidemiological data in Nepal indicate a low-prevalence among the general population - ANC: 0.2% (1999), FP attendees 0.3% (1999), blood donors 0.48% (Kathmandu, 2001). As of March 2003, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported 635 cases of AIDS and 2,755 HIV infections.

HIV prevalence in the country during the period January-December 2002 based on sentinel surveillance data.

The proposed generic reporting format is meant to assist National AIDS Councils (or equivalent) in drafting their national report to be submitted to the UN General Assembly on biennial basis as a follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) signed in June 2001 at the UNGASS on HIV/AIDS.

Preparation/consultation process for the National Report on monitoring the follow-up to the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS Lao PDR, 08 April 2003

China is a country with an overall low HIV prevalence and concentrated epidemic in focused areas and focused groups of people.

With an HIV prevalence rate at 2.6% among the adult population aged from (15- 49 years), Cambodia is the country most affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Asia-Pacific Region.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is happy to submit its first United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) country progress report on HIV and AIDS to add to the richness of global strategic information in response to HIV and AIDS.

The Third Country Report on Following up the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS1 (UNGASS) was prepared by Ministry of Health of Viet Nam with support from UNAIDS in the period October – December 2007.

Brunei Darussalam recorded its first local case of HIV in August 1986 and has had cumulatively 56 cases in citizens and permanent residents up till the end of 2009.

Preparation of the 2010 China “Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS” Implementation Progress Report (hereafter referred to as the “Report”) was led by the State Council AIDS Working Committee Office, and supported by the China Office of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).