Ending AIDS in Cambodia

[geovalin]

Thirty-five years have passed since the first official report identifying the disease that is now known as AIDS was published in the United States. In that time, 35 million people have died worldwide from AIDS-related illnesses, including an estimated 115,000 in Cambodia.

 

Despite the toll that the virus has taken here, Cambodia has emerged as a leader in the global efforts to overcome the AIDS epidemic. Today, as the world marks World AIDS Day, we celebrate Cambodia’s success and look forward to the day when this country ends AIDS as a public health threat.

 

HIV – the virus that leads to AIDS – was slow to reach Cambodia, but after the first case was reported in 1991 the virus spread quickly, with an estimated 23,000 new infections in 1995 alone. Today, approximately 73,000 Cambodians are living with HIV.

 

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-- © Copyright Phenom Pen Post 01/12

 

[yellowboat]

Cambodia is winning the fight where Thailand is starting to lose it.

[lungnorm]

Problem is simple to fix. Just have the population refrain from sex and in just one generation it will be gone. mmmm so will the population 

[williamgeorgeallen]

about as likely as thailand ridding corruption. still at least cambodia is actually doing something about it if these reports are true.

[whatproblem]

Maybe it's on thailands 20 year plan 

[Stargeezr]

Just wait,   because tourism is  getting better in Cambodia, numbers  are

going to keep  climbing.  That  is  my  estimate

Geezer