Sri Lanka - one of the few countries in the Asia Pacific region with a low-level epidemic - had an estimated adult HIV prevalence of less than 0.1% in 2009.
Sri Lanka - one of the few countries in the Asia Pacific region with a low-level epidemic - had an estimated adult HIV prevalence of less than 0.1% in 2009. The first case of HIV was detected in 1987, and it has been estimated that 2,800 people were living with HIV in 2009, up from 1,300 in 2001.