Asia-Pacific Aids 'silent tsunami'
The Asia-Pacific region faces a “silent tsunami” as HIV/Aids rates soar in an area that is home to more than half the world’s population, a United Nations chief says.
Despite the fact that 99% of Asians do not have the virus, last year the region posted the world’s second-highest infection rates after sub-Saharan Africa, said JVR Prasada Rao, regional director of the UNAIDS support team for Asia and the Pacific.
