Nepal: UNGASS 2003 Country Progress Report (January-December 2002)

The first cases of AIDS were reported in Nepal in 1988. Available epidemiological data in Nepal indicate a low-prevalence among the general population - ANC: 0.2% (1999), FP attendees 0.3% (1999), blood donors 0.48% (Kathmandu, 2001). As of March 2003, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported 635 cases of AIDS and 2,755 HIV infections.