Country Progress Report - Nepal: Global AIDS Monitoring 2018

At the 2011 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS that took place in June in New York, Member States adopted a new Political Declaration which contained new targets to effectively respond to the AIDS epidemic. The 2011 Political Declaration mandates UNAIDS to support countries in reporting back on progress made towards achieving the new commitments. It also provides for the UN Secretary-General to report regularly to the General Assembly on progress achieved in realizing these commitments.

Nepal’s HIV epidemic remains concentrated among key populations, with HIV prevalence at 5% among MSM and 8.5% among TG people in certain parts of the country; 8.8% among males who inject drugs and 8.8% among women who inject as well; 2.2% among FSW; and 0.4% among MLM. The majority of new infections are occurring among ‘low risk’ women infected by from their spouses, male labour migrants and MSM.