MANAGING HIV .9. HIV IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE- HIV IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

Inexorably, the epicentre of the global HIV pandemic is moving from Af rica to Asia. Despite many years of much-publicised analysis of the Af rican epidemic, most countries in Asia and many in the Pacific have no t introduced the public health strategies known to minimise the spread of HIV.(1) What must be done now, and how can the developed countries in the region, such as Australia, assist the neighbours?