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HIV/AIDS

Regional overview of HIV/AIDS work

08/09/2006: Through partners, DanChurchAid works with HIV/AIDS projects in Africa, Asia, Central America and Eastern Europe. HIV and AIDS is fast becoming the worst ever disease related global disaster. The human suffering and the economic and social cost of the pandemic is escalating, in particular in Sub-Saharan Africa but no region of the world is left untouched.

© Susanne Hasman

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries in sub-Saharan Africa currently bear the brunt of the global burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

DanChurchAid's support to mainstreamed HIV/AIDS prevention and control endeavours is currently channelled through partners in the northern and southern part of sub-Saharan Africa. Read more about our work in Africa...


© Morsi

Asia

The trends of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in countries in South and Southeast Asia are worrying, and this region is generally considered to represent a major potential for a negative epidemiological development due to widespread poverty in the most populous countries in the region.

Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and India are main collaborating countries for DanChurchAid and its partners. The majority of supported projects in the region have attempted to mainstream HIV/AIDS in their development projects, and funds for HIV/AIDS interventions have not been earmarked. Read more about our work in Asia...


© Heine Pedersen

Central America

In general, Central America has been spared the worst scenarios of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, but there are major regional variations and some countries report of high and increasing rates of infection.

DanChurchAid's support to HIV/AIDS prevention and control in the region has been integrated in the support to development by partners in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Read more about our work in Central America...


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Eastern Europe

The history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is new, but currently represents one of the most worrying scenarios in terms of increasing cases of new infections .

In Russia, DanChurchAid works with HIV/AIDS in Russia by supporting partner organisations involved in rehabilitation of drug addicts, prevention programmes for children and youth and awareness raising in the public. Read more about our work in Central Asia and Eastern Europe...