Description: Addressing HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific

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Addressing HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific

With almost half the world's population, Asia will determine the future of the global human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. If prevalence rates in China, Indonesia, and India increase to numbers...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME ADDICTION ADULT POPULATION ADULT PREVALENCE RATE ADULTS AIDS DATA AIDS ORPHANS ANTENATAL CARE BLOOD DONATIONS BLOOD SAFETY CIRCUMCISION CITIES CLINICS COMMERCIAL SEX DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRUG USERS EDUCATION EPIDEMICS EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILIES HEALTH HEALTH CARE HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HIGH-RISK BEHAVIORS HIV HIV INFECTION HIV PREVENTION HIV/ HIV/ AIDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ILLNESSES IMMUNE DEFICIENCY IMMUNITY IMMUNODEFICIENCY INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTERVENTION LAWS LESSONS LEARNED LIFE EXPECTANCY MALARIA MEDICAL CARE MIGRATION NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NUTRITION OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS ORPHANS PACIFIC REGION PANDEMIC PATIENTS PREGNANT WOMEN PREVALENCE PRIVATE SECTOR PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH QUALITY CONTROL SAFETY SERVICE DELIVERY SEX WORKERS SEXUAL PRACTICES SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS SOCIAL SERVICES SYRINGES THAILAND THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL UNAIDS UNAIDS/ URBAN AREAS URBANIZATION VIETNAM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/5168255/addressing-hivaids-east-asia-pacific http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14907

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Summary:	With almost half the world's population, Asia will determine the future of the global human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. If prevalence rates in China, Indonesia, and India increase to numbers similar to those seen in Thailand and Cambodia, the rate of HIV/AIDS would double globally. Such growth would be devastating for individuals-and for the region's health systems, economies, and social fabric. HIV/AIDS is therefore a multisectoral development challenge and, consequently, a corporate priority for the World Bank. This report outlines a strategic direction for the World Bank in its multisectoral response to HIV/AIDS in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region. It describes the risk of a large-scale HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region. It also spells out what can be done to avert the growth of HIV/AIDS-and what government, civil society, and other partners are doing. And it identifies how the World Bank can assist at the country and regional levels. The World Bank will work with countries, civil society, the private sector, donors, and other key players to formulate country-specific strategies that try to respond to the needs of the population.