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Overcoming the HIV/AIDS epidemic
 Thirty
years after the first human case of infection with HIV/AIDS was
reported, the disease burden is showing a decreasing trend in South-East Asia.
With new treatment approaches, highlighting access to treatment
as a basic human right, the disease profile is also changing to a
chronic one. However, key
challenges remain in achieving universal access to HIV prevention, care
and treatment services: continuing stigma and discrimination; limited
capacity of health systems in terms of trained personnel, equipment and
drugs; high prices of antiretroviral drugs; and lack of sustained
finances.
Regional
Health Sector Strategy on HIV:2011-2015 [PDF 567 KB] Winners
of the Photo Competition held on World AIDS Day
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Acknowledging the growing global
importance of antimicrobial resistance, the Health Ministers of all Member
States of WHO South-East Asia Region adopted the “
