Nepal: UNGASS 2008 Country Progress Report (January 2006-December 2007)

The epidemic in Nepal is driven by injecting drug use and sexual transmission. There are numerous social, economical and cultural factors that drive the injecting and sexual behaviours among various most-at-risk groups. Given the nature of Nepal’s concentrated HIV epidemic the focus of the response has been maintained with prevention programmes targeting most-at-risk-populations. Over the period care, support and treatment programmes for People Living with HIV and AIDS has also expanded significantly.