AIDS in Malaysia

摘要

Like many countries in the region, Malaysia’s HIV epidemic has been predominantly driven by injecting drug use although latterly heterosexual transmission and transmission amongst MSM have been on the rise. The estimated adult prevalence of HIV infection is 0.4% with the last few years seeing a significant trend in the percentage of women becoming infected with women and girls making up almost 25% of newly reported HIV infections nationwide by the end of 2006. The estimated HIV prevalence amongst injecting drug users who are predominantly male range from 16–40% with continuing high rates of needle sharing and low usage of condom during sexual interactions.