ASIA: Government

Government plans, programs and policies.

"Three of my staff, including the director in our office in India, were arrested along with the manager of a local MSM HIV project that we were supporting. Our office in India was closed down for three months. We were challenged under a section of the Indian penal code about promoting illegal behavior through the distribution of condoms and literature on anal sex and HIV."
—Shivananda Khan, Naz Foundation

National AIDS Plans

Choose a Country Afghanistan Bangladesh: National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS (2004-2010) Cambodia: National Strategic Plan (2006-2010) Cambodia: Situation and Response Assessment for HIV, AIDS and STI Programs -for Men who Have Sex with Men in Cambodia (2007) Cambodia: National Strategic Framework and Operational Plan on HIV, AIDS and STI for Men who Have Sex with Men in Cambodia (2008-2011) Hong Kong: Advisory Strategies (2007-2011) Indonesia: National HIV/AIDS Strategy (2003-2007) Laos PDR: National and Strategic Action Plan (2006-2010) Myanmar: National AIDS Program (2006) Nepal: National HIV/AIDS Action Plan and Budget (2005-2006) Pacific Regional Community: National Plan (2005) Philippines: 4th AIDS Medium Term Plan (2005-2010) Thailand: National Plan for the Prevention and Alleviation of HIV/AIDS (2002-2006)

Foreign Government Strategies

Choose a Country Australia: AUSAID Belgium: DGCD Canada: CIDA Denmark: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Finland: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland France: Ministere des Affaires etrangeres Netherlands: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs Switzerland: SDC United Kingdom: DFID United States: USAID

Global Fund Strategies

Choose a Country Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma Cambodia China East Timor India Indonesia Iran Japan Laos Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam

World Bank Strategies

Choose a Country World Bank Strategies East Asia and Pacific East Asia and Pacific Regional Strategy South Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka

HIV and AIDS Laws

• Asia: Asian AIDS Law Database Launches Online
• HIV and AIDS Laws of the World
• hivpolicy.org: “An Online Database of HIV/AIDS Policies for the Asia/Pacific Region”

Countries That Criminalize Homosexual Acts

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, India, Iran, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka

• Learn more about these laws (as of 2007) (pdf)
• What does criminalization of homosexual acts have to do with HIV transmission? Visit MSM Health.

Countries with Legislation Protecting Sexual Minorities from Discrimination

Nepal

• Learn more about these laws (pdf) (as of 1999)
• What is the relationship between discrimination and HIV vulnerability? Visit MSM Health.

Countries with Legal Benefits for Same-Sex Partners

None

• Learn more (as of 2003)