Statement to the United Nations High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS from the ASEAN Health Sector

ASEAN reaffirms our long-standing commitment to curbing the rate of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths. This was reiterated through the 2016 ASEAN Declaration to End the AIDS Epidemic by 2030 through reducing new HIV infections and AIDS related deaths, and eliminating HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

After five years, progress towards ending AIDS in ASEAN has been uneven. Four countries have been making significant progress in reaching AIDS epidemic control, and six other seeing increases in new infections amongst young people and people living with, at risk of, and affected by HIV. This situation has resulted in growing burdens of illness and death, which exacerbated the existing inequalities and further contributing to the negative socio economic impacts.

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