PHNOM PENH, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia is on the right track to achieve the 95-95-95 HIV treatment targets by 2025, the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted Diseases said in a statement on Wednesday.
The targets mean 95 percent of the people who are living with HIV knowing their HIV status, 95 percent of the people who know that they are living with HIV being on lifesaving antiretroviral treatment, and 95 percent of people who are on treatment being virally suppressed.
"As of 2023, we had achieved a response rate of 89-98-98," the statement said, adding that this remarkable achievement truly reflected the government's strong commitment and efforts in combating HIV/AIDS.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.
According to the statement, the Southeast Asian country has approximately 76,000 people living with HIV/AIDS, of which 69,413 have received antiretroviral drugs.
It added that some 7,000 people were still unaware that they were infected with HIV, and had not yet received antiretroviral drugs.
The kingdom recorded roughly 1,200 new HIV infections in 2023, a decrease of 14 percent from 1,400 in 2022, the statement said. ■
