HIV infections in Nepal have decreased in the past decade. According to the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control (NCASC), Nepal has an estimated 34,337 people living with HIV, which is 76 per cent lower than in 2015. Likewise, AIDS-related deaths have also fallen by 76 per cent in a decade.
Speaking at a program organised in Kathmandu on Sunday on the occasion of World AIDS Day, Dr Sarbesh Sharma, Director of the NCASC, said, “Nepal is currently facing a concentrated HIV epidemic, which means that one or more key population groups have an HIV prevalence rate of more than five per cent. The prevalence among the general population and women receiving maternity services is less than one per cent.”