A WPRO Publication Series

HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific Region 2003

Paperback
December 2004
9789290611646
More details
  • Publisher
    World Health Organization
  • Published
    31st December 2004
  • ISBN 9789290611646
  • Language English
  • Pages 120 pp.
  • Size 10" x 12"
  • Images figures and tables
$18.00

Since the extensive spread of HIV began at the end of the 1980s, more than 7 million people in the region have become infected. In the year 2003 alone, it is estimated that more than 500 000 died of AIDS in Asia - about 1500 a day! This publication includes a general overview on HIV/AIDS status and trends in the Asia and the Pacific Region and a section which provides descriptive details on HIV/AIDS situation for each country