HIV surveillance systems in the Asia Pacific region

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This study revealed critical gaps in PMTCT service delivery under routine conditions in Cambodia. Service optimization by reducing gaps will help eliminate HIV infection among infants and improve maternal survival. Further operational studies are needed to identify determinants of service uptake.

Missed opportunities in using lessons from HIV response to combat COVID-19 - looking back while preparing for the next pandemic

“…This could be analyzed for disease burden estimation, incidence and mortality projection. Such surveillance based on already collected blood provided information on trends of HIV prevalence and informed the priority of interventions in low- and middle-income countries, whereas higher-income countries continued to use case reporting 12 . Thus, nationwide HIV interventions could be targeted in a few locations with higher HIV prevalence among ante-natal clinic attending women.…”

“…Thus, nationwide HIV interventions could be targeted in a few locations with higher HIV prevalence among ante-natal clinic attending women. Resource-intensive testing and case-finding methods were avoided and services were provided to those who needed them most 12 .…”

The AIDS Epidemic Model 2023 for Estimating HIV Trends and Transmission Dynamics in Asian Epidemic Settings

“…1,2 It was a model birthed in the data-rich environment of Southeast Asia in the late 1990s, where HIV surveillance systems in many countries were robust and growing in scope, ongoing behavioral data collection was rapidly becoming a norm, and size estimation exercises were increasingly common. [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] As such, AEM was constructed as a process model, taking trends in key behavioral, epidemiological, and size estimate data as inputs and using them to simulate the processes of HIV transmission among and between both key populations and those not in key populations through vaginal sex, anal sex, and needle sharing.…”

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“…Loo et al 6 provides an analysis of HIV surveillance systems of 20 countries in the Asia Pacific region and demonstrates that countries have broadened the number Reddy et al 8 discuss the development of a data hub for HIV to promote evidence-informed advocacy and action. It includes a regional HIV database of subnational indicators, a data analysis team and web site with data products and serves as a regional tool to support national and international partners with updated HIV data for policy advocacy and tracking of progress.…”