Key Affected Populations (2011): All Indicators
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Male clients of sex workers are the largest factor in the HIV epidemic in Asia Clients of female sex workers make up the largest HIV-affected population group in Asia. The Commission on AIDS in Asia estimates that on average, there are about 10 male clients for every sex worker. As many as 37 million men in China and 30 million men in India buy sex regularly. Many of these men are married (or will be married in the future) and if infected, may transmit HIV to their wives and children. The most effective way to prevent HIV infections in low risk women is to prevent their husbands from becoming infected. The proportion of men who visit sex workers and the levels of condom use during commercial sex are key factors in determining the rate of transmission of HIV. Data on men who buy sex are not routinely collected or uniformly reported. The data presented here are gleaned from DHS surveys, and from general population sexual behavior surveys in Bangladesh and Thailand. High-risk men are not an easily identifiable group within the general population and therefore prevention programmes often take advantage of the fact that paying for sex is more common among men in certain occupations. For example, 40% of urban moto-taxi drivers in Cambodia paid for sex in the past year, compared to 12.7% of urban men overall. [Technical note: moto-taxi drivers surveyed in BSS 2007 and urban men in DHS 2005. The slide value for Cambodia is for Phnom Penh only.]
Summary: The Key Affected Populations - Overview in Slides consist of the summary of HIV and AIDS country data presented in charts, tables, graphs and maps using PowerPoint format. Prepared by the HIV/AIDS Data Hub for the Asia Pacific Region.
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