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APRIL 2004 — The Asia-Pacific region is home to 60% of the world's population and to 19% of the men, women and children living with HIV in 2004. These infection rates are low compared with some other continents, particularly Africa. But because the populations of many Asian nations are so huge, even low HIV prevalence means large numbers of people are living with HIV—some 5.2 million men, 2 million women and 168,000 children according to new estimates from UNAIDS/WHO.

AIDS in Asia: Face the Facts focuses largely on prevention of HIV among adults and adolescents. It also looks at East, South-East and South Asia, though it includes information from some Central Asian nations, including Iran, as well as some of the developing countries of the Pacific.

AIDS in Asia is produced by the Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network (an international network of epidemiologists and public health professionals who contribute data and analysis in their individual capacities). FHI is pleased to participate in the Monitoring the AIDS Pandemic Network of health professionals that collaborated to produce this report. The document was written by Elisabeth Pisani, a senior technical officer in FHI's Indonesia office.

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Introductory Material and Table of Contents - 19 pages (1.15MB)

Chapter 1 - 12 pages (195KB)

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Chapter 4 - 5 pages (814KB)

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