Asia: Facing the HIV/AIDS challenge

PlusNews Special Report: South East Asia has the largest number of people living with HIV after Africa, and its share of the global epidemic is growing - an estimated 8.6 million people in the region were living with the virus in 2006, with the epidemic expanding faster than anywhere else in the world.

Because of the size of the region's population, relatively modest HIV prevalence can translate into millions of cases. Just three countries - Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand - have an infection rate of over 1 percent, but UNAIDS has urged national authorities to avoid complacency, and act now to prevent a larger emergency.

This in-depth examination of the epidemic in the region looks at responses by governments and civil society in four countries: Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia.

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