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This handbook is a product of a collaborative effort of UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office and members of the Asia-Pacific interagency task team on Young Key Populations who responded to the need for a tool to equip young people who are interested in understanding key terms and data related to HIV. It is designed as a “comic book” and can be translated and used widely in both Asia-Pacific and other regions.This handbook is for young people between the ages of 15 and 24 years old of age who are interested in HIV issues and have some basic math skills. …
This journal provides an overview of the government's and partners' AIDS response in Lebanon.
As part of its European Union-funded Asia Action project, the Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC) has compiled a total of 17 discriminatory cases that were reported by PLHIV in 2013. This document details follow-up of the cases.
The countries in the Western Pacific Region have made good progress in reducing the transmission of HIV and providing services to people living with HIV (PLHIV). However, challenges remain and there are important gaps to be filled. This report documents the achievements and challenges of the health sector’s response to the HIV epidemic in the Region over the past decade. It identifies best practices and important opportunities to further reduce the number of new infections, and prolong and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV in the Western Pacific Region. …
This article provides statistics which show how and why HIV prevalence among young people is falling. The article shows statistics in different regions and countries of the world where young people are living with HIV. Then, the article gives statistics about what kind of young people are at higher risk of HIV: sex workers, homosexuals, and injecting drug users. The article explains, through statistics, what is fueling the epidemic and what programs can work. …
This article presents a review on HIV/AIDS epidemic history, current situation and prevention policy in China. HIV/AIDS epidemic groups and trends for HIV transmission were also discussed. In January 2006, 650 000 people were estimated to be living with HIV in China. The overall HIV/AIDS epidemic is at a low level (0.05%) and concentrated in several at risk populations. However, the data show that new cases of HIV infection are growing every year and spreading from at risk populations to the general population. …
Estudio sobre vulnerabilidad y desventaja social en usuarios de drogas en el Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires y ocho ciudades de Brasil. El análisis de las situaciones de desventaja social como vulnerabilidad se diferencia de ciertas perspectivas centradas en el reconocimiento de factores de riesgo, más cercanas a una apreciación tradicional desde lo médico-epidemiológico; como también de ciertas perspectivas que trabajan los fenómenos de la pobreza, el desempleo o la imposibilidad de acceso a servicios y derechos sociales básicos como fenómenos de exclusión. …
This report represents the findings of the second cross-sectional study conducted in 2006, one years after the first study. The behavioral study is conducted among Intravenous Drug Users, Sex Workers, Men having Sex with Men, prisoners, STI patients including the group of young people aged 15-24 and Roma population.
A valuable resource for advocators and implementors of programmes that stop HIV and other harms among injecting drug users (IDUs) in Asia. The background to these programmes is presented in three chapters explaining drug use and HIV vulnerability; the rationale for harm reduction; and the integration of three approaches to the control of drug use. The next nine chapters establish guidelines for designing, implementing and monitoring programmes targeted at IDUs. …
