PHNOM PENH (Xinhua): Cambodia achieved its 95-95-95 HIV treatment targets last year, and is on track to eliminate AIDS as a public health threat by 2030, said the country's Health Minister Chheang Ra.
The targets mean 95 per cent of the people who are living with HIV know their HIV status, 95 per cent of the people who know that they are living with HIV are on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, and 95 per cent of people who are on treatment are virally suppressed.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
Chheang Ra disclosed this significant milestone during a meeting in Phnom Penh with Patricia Ongpin, country director of UNAIDS for Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia, on Friday, according to a Health Ministry press release issued late on Friday.
"Achieving the 95-95-95 targets is a clear testament to the progress and effectiveness of Cambodia's National AIDS Programme," he said.
"It shows that Cambodia is firmly on track towards ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030."
The minister added that the country will continue integrating HIV prevention, testing and treatment into its health system and expanding pre-exposure prophylaxis and self-testing services, while boosting funding sustainability for AIDS programmes.
Ongpin congratulated Cambodia on its remarkable progress in its AIDS response, saying that UNAIDS will prepare to formally validate and recognise the country's achievement of the 95-95-95 targets in line with international standards.
Cambodia has approximately 76,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, according to a 2025 Health Ministry report.
The report noted that nearly 700 AIDS-related deaths and about 1,200 new HIV infections were recorded last year. -- XInhua
