Does AIDS also aftect our region?
Ans. Of the 31-43 million adults with HIV infection – the global estimate in end-2003 – 25-28.2 million were in Sub-Saharan Africa and more than 9.5 million in Asia. Our region, that is South-East Asia, is likely to suffer the brunt of the pandemic – being home to over half the world’s population. Moreover, HIV/AIDS is now present in every continent and in every region of the world.
