Technical Note on National and Sub-National HIV Estimates and Projections

Cambodia has a rich and interesting history of HIV epidemic. First case of HIV was detected in 1991, that was 7 years after the first case identified in the neighboring Thailand, but epidemic escalates very quickly in Cambodia and by mid-1990s Cambodia became one of the fastest growing HIV epidemics in Asia. But Cambodia had successfully turned the epidemic around within 5 years after the epidemic had reached its peak and maintained its success in the past decade, resulting in 62% decline in new HIV infections between 2010 and 2018.1 Furthermore, the country is well publicized as one of the early achievers of 90-90-90 treatment targets in the global scale and these achievements have put the country under the spotlight in maintaining the success while accelerating the efforts to fill the response gaps.