UN report: Malaysia among top 10 Asian nations affected by HIV


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 23 Jul 2017

NEW YORK: Malaysia is one of the 10 countries which together accounted for over 95% of all new HIV infections in the Asia-Pacific region in 2016, said the United Nations in a recently-released report.

The “Ending AIDS: Progress Towards the 90-90 Targets” report said that the other nine countries in Asia were India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Thailand.

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