AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogenous Epidemic, by Stephen Moses , James Blanchard , Han Kang. World Bank Publication, 2006. ISBN-10: 0821367579, ISBN-13: 978-0821367575.

South Asia's HIV epidemic is severe in magnitude and scope, with at least 60% of all people with HIV in Asia living in India. Because the HIV epidemic is highly heterogeneous, designing informed, prioritized, and effective responses necessitates an understanding of the epidemic's diversity between and within countries.

This review was undertaken to provide a basis for rigorous, evidence-based HIV policy and programming in South Asia.

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South Asia's HIV and AIDS epidemic can be expected to grow rapidly unless the eight countries in the region, especially India, can saturate high-risk groups such as sex workers and their clients, injecting drug users, and men having sex with men with better HIV prevention measures, according to a new World Bank report.

This book focuses on five South Asian countries for which significant data are available:

• Bangladesh
• India
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Sri Lanka.

Although data limitations preclude detailed analyses for Afghanistan, Bhutan, and the Maldives, data from those countries are cited where available. The monograph focuses on prevention, but it also acknowledges and affirms the important and complementary role of treatment.

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According to the new report—AIDS in South Asia: Understanding and Responding to a Heterogeneous Epidemic—more than 5.5 million people are infected with HIV in South Asia, with the epidemic increasingly driven by the region's flourishing sex industry and injecting drug use.

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