India Among 10 Nations Accounting For More Than 95% Of New HIV Infections

India, China and Pakistan are among the 10 countries that accounted for more than 95 percent of all new HIV infections in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2016, according to a UN report. The report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, 'Ending AIDS: Progress towards the 90-90-90 targets', gives a comprehensive analysis of the 2014 targets to accelerate progress so that by 2020, 90 percent of all HIV-infected people know their status, 90 percent of all HIV-diagnosed people are accessing antiretroviral therapy (ART) and 90 percent of those taking ART are virally suppressed.

In the Asia and the Pacific region, the majority of new infections are occurring in 10 countries led by India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. These 10 countries together accounted for more than 95 percent of all new HIV infections in…