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The first case was reported in Malaysia in 1986. Since then, HIV has become one of the country’s most serious health and development challenges. At the beginning of the epidemic, injecting drug users was key driven factor that charted the graph by leaps and bounds as the country’s responses focused more on creating awareness and early detection through screening programmes in prisons and drug rehabilitation centers country wide.  Today there are 46% fewer new HIV infection than there were 15 years ago. Today there are 54% fewer new HIV infection among children below 13 years than there were 15 years ago. We are confident we can get to zero new HIV infections among children soon. Reaching MDG6 is not the end but a beginning of a meaningful journey to end AIDS. We will not be complacent but continue to thrive towards reversing and ending the epidemic despite the milestones achieved. This report is testament to the growing body of evidence demonstrating that ending AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030 is certainly doable though it appears ambitious.

The Asia–Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and AIDS Bangkok, Thailand 28th January 2015

The Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting 2015 was conducted through an inclusive consultative process among the HIV stakeholders. Valuable inputs and contributions were inputted from a wide range of stakeholders in Lao PDR including government agencies, civil society organizations (CSO), network of people living with HIV (PLHIV), mass organizations, international and local nongovernmental organizations (INGO), United Nations (UN), bilateral and multilateral agencies.

Get an overview of the HIV/AIDS situation in Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Browse and view charts and graphs illustrating data on the country's basic socio-demographic indicators, HIV prevalence and epidemiology, risk behaviors, vulnerability and HIV knowledge, HIV expenditures, and national response.

This research is the first large-scale quantitative research on sex workers in Fiji. It has enabled an understanding of the nature and extent of sex work in Fiji, rates of HIV and STI infection among sex workers and their knowledge and behaviour around safer sex practices. This research will complement valuable insights gained from previous qualitative research. The findings from this research will assist in the appropriate targeting and provision of education, resources, and health care services to a group previously defined by UNAIDS as a most-at-risk population. Research findings will also assist UNAIDS Pacific Office, and the Ministry of Health meet both national and international reporting requirements, including reporting on the Global AIDS Response Progress Report (GARPR) and Universal Access to HIV and STI Prevention, Treatment and Care. They also provide an evidence-base to inform SAN Fiji’s three-year work programme.

Of the estimated 810 000 PLHIV, an estimated 46.9% contracted HIV through heterosexual contact, 20.3% through male‐to‐male sex, 25.7% through injecting drug use, 6.0% through former plasma donation or receipt of contaminated blood/blood products, and 1.1% through mother to child transmission (MTCT). There are significant increases in MSM transmission.

National STD/AIDS Control Programme (NSACP) is a specialized public health programme of the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka. The Director of the NSACP in consultation with the senior management team (SMT) provides leadership and technical guidance to both preventive and curative services provided by NSACP. This report presents data collected and collated primarily from the STD clinics distributed islandwide to describe the epidemiology of STI and HIV and to document programmatic efforts to control STI and HIV infections in Sri Lanka during the year 2013.

The Integrated HIV Behavioral and Serologic Survey (IHBSS) comprises a series of cross-sectional studies conducted every two years in populations at elevated risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that aims to track the prevalence of HIV and STI, risk behaviors, and access and utilization of HIV and STI programs and services. The 2013 surveillance findings indicate a continuing high-level HIV epidemic among IDU in Cebu Province and expanding epidemics among MSM and FFSW.

MICS was carried out in Viet Nam during 2013-2014 by Viet Nam General Statistics Office in collaboration with UNICEF, as part of the global MICS programme. Technical and financial support for the survey was provided by UNICEF. The global MICS programme was developed by UNICEF in the 1990s as an international household survey to collect internationally comparable data on a wide range of indicators to evaluate the situation of children and women. The survey provides statistically sound and internationally comparable data essential for developing evidence-based policies and programmes as well as monitoring progress towards national goals and global commitments including MDGs.

In 2014, the Global Fund’s New Funding Model (NFM) will begin operating. Inclusiveness of civil society and key affected populations (KAP) (including men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people) is a key feature of the NFM. It is also one of the main criteria in assessing whether funding applications are robust. Country Dialogue is the term used by the Global Fund to describe the inclusive, ongoing consultative processes at the country level that is meant to inform all stages of the NFM process. Therefore, the country dialogue process presents a significant opportunity for civil society organisations representing MSM and transgender people to be meaningfully involved in all the stages of the NFM. This resource guide is designed to assist civil society organisations in understanding the NFM and effectively engaging in country dialogue through all the key stages of the NFM.