Addressing HIV/AIDS in East Asia and the Pacific

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME;    ADDICTION;    ADULT POPULATION;    ADULT PREVALENCE RATE;    ADULTS;   

DOI  :  10.1596/0-8213-5916-9
RP-ID  :  30120

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

With almost half the world'spopulation, Asia will determine the future of the globalhuman immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiencysyndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. If prevalence rates in China,Indonesia, and India increase to numbers similar to thoseseen in Thailand and Cambodia, the rate of HIV/AIDS woulddouble globally. Such growth would be devastating forindividuals-and for the region's health systems,economies, and social fabric. HIV/AIDS is therefore amultisectoral development challenge and, consequently, acorporate priority for the World Bank. This report outlinesa strategic direction for the World Bank in itsmultisectoral response to HIV/AIDS in the East Asia andPacific (EAP) Region. It describes the risk of a large-scaleHIV/AIDS epidemic in the region. It also spells out what canbe done to avert the growth of HIV/AIDS-and what government,civil society, and other partners are doing. And itidentifies how the World Bank can assist at the country andregional levels. The World Bank will work with countries,civil society, the private sector, donors, and other keyplayers to formulate country-specific strategies that try torespond to the needs of the population.