Publications - Released in 2009
The estimated HIV prevalence in Cambodia among adults aged 15–49 years declined from 2.0% in 1998 to 0.9% in 2006 (Ministry of Health Cambodia 2008). The number of people living with HIV ⁄ AIDS at the end of 2006 was a 61 400 (Ministry of Health Cambodia, NCHADS Surveillance Unit 2008; National AIDS Authority 2008). Since 2001, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have started pilot projects to deliver antiretroviral therapy (ART) and Cambodia has successfully applied for consecutive rounds of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). In the third quarter of 2007, more than 25,000 patients were receiving ART at 48 treatment sites, approaching 80% ART coverage (National AIDS Authority 2008).
This document aims to evaluate a 5-year HIV care programme (2003–2007) in the Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.