Reversing the Tide: Priorities for HIV/AIDS Prevention in Central Asia

Although the number of reported cases of HIV in Central Asia is still very low, the growth rate of the epidemic (about 500 cases in 2000 to over 12,000 in 2004) is a cause for serious concern. Central Asia lies along the drug routes from Afghanistan to Russia and Western Europe, and it is estimated that it has half a million drug users, of which more than half inject drugs. Without concerted action, we may expect to see the rapid development of an HIV epidemic concentrated among injecting drug users over the next four or five years, followed by the spread among the 15- to 30-year-old population, with sexual transmission as the predominant mode. This would follow the pattern of the epidemic in other regional countries such as Russia, Ukraine, and Moldova.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Godinho, Joana, Renton, Adrian, Vinogradov, Viatcheslav, Novotny, Thomas, Rivers, Mary-Jane, Gotsadze, George, Bravo, Mario
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2005
Subjects:	ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, ADVOCACY WORK, AGED, AIDS CONTROL, AIDS CONTROL PROJECT, AIDS EPIDEMIC, AIDS PROGRAMS, ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS, ARV, ARVS, CASES OF HIV, CASES OF HIV INFECTION, CENTRAL ASIAN, COMMERCIAL SEX, COMMERCIAL SEX WORK, COMMERCIAL SEX WORKERS, CRIME, DEATH RATE, DISABILITY, DISCRIMINATION, DRUG RESISTANCE, EPIDEMICS, EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA, GIRLS, HARM REDUCTION, HEALTH FOR ALL, HEALTH SERVICES, HIV, HIV INFECTION, HIV INFECTIONS, HIV PREVALENCE, HIV TRANSMISSION, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, ILLITERACY, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, INFECTION RATES, INJECTING DRUG USE, INJECTING DRUG USERS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INTERSECTORAL COOPERATION, INTERVENTION, LAWS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LUNG DISEASE, MALARIA, MEDIA, MEDICAL CARE, METHADONE, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION, MINISTRIES OF HEALTH, NATIONAL AIDS STRATEGIES, NEW CASES, PARTNERSHIP, PATIENTS, PHC, POPULATION GROWTH, PREVENTION EFFORTS, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRISONS, PRIVATE SECTOR, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, PUBLIC SECTOR, REFUGEES, RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS, SEX WITH MEN, SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, SEXUAL TRANSMISSION, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SPREAD OF HIV, STIS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, SYPHILIS, TB, TRANSMISSION, TUBERCULOSIS, UNAIDS, VENEREAL DISEASES, VOLUNTARY TESTING, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WESTERN EUROPE, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YOUNG ADULTS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6055981/reversing-tide-priorities-hivaids-prevention-central-asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7354
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