International (Asia)

Cost of AIDS in Cambodia Could Reach 2.8 Billion Dollars

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 15th, 1997

The economic costs facing impoverished Cambodia from the spread of HIV could reach a crippling U.S.$2.8 billion over the next decade unless urgent measures are taken, an official said.

Chap Sotharith, an adviser to the Cambodian Council of Ministers, urged the government to launch an aggressive public and private sector prevention effort that could save as much as U.S.$852 million in the next 10 years.

"The importance of vigorous prevention - and the high returns to such efforts - to bring about an early peak of the AIDS epidemic in Cambodia are obvious," Chap Sotharith said. "No other investment would have such high returns."

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1997-09-15)

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