Bangladesh
With less than 0.1 percent of the population
estimated to be HIV positive, Bangladesh is a
low-prevalence country. The country faces
a concentrated epidemic, and its very low
HIV prevalence rate is partly due to prevention efforts focusing on men who have sex with men, female sex workers, male sex workers, and injecting drug users. In 1989, four years before the disease’s first appearance in the country, the Government implemented numerous prevention efforts targeting the aforementioned high-risk populations and migrant workers. While these activities have helped keep the incidence of HIV low, the number of HIV-positive individuals was estimated at 12,000 in 2007, according to the Joint United Nations Program on
HIV/AIDS.
USAID in Bangladesh supports outreach to most-at-risk populations, and its programs reach approximately one-fourth of these
populations. USAID also supports risk-reduction behavior, stigma reduction, condom use, and testing and treatment;
tracks the spread of HIV; and generates data to guide Bangladesh’s response to the virus.
View the full USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Bangladesh - October 2010 [PDF,
160KB]
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