HIV and AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.

 The estimated number of people living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific is just under 5 million (4.883 million in 2011)  160,000 of these people are children younger than 15 years.  Approximately 300,000 people died from AIDS-related causes in 2009. This figure has remained stable in recent years.  HIV epidemics in Asia and the Pacific remain largely concentrated among people who inject drugs (PWID), men who have sex with men (MSM) and sex workers.  Oceania, and South and South-East Asia have made progress in reducing new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. In East Asia, new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are increasing.