HIV on the Rise in Hong Kong

An estimated 33% of gay and bisexual men in Hong Kong will be infected with HIV by 2020 if prevention programs which promote safe sex fail to work, experts claim.

The primary cause of HIV in Hong Kong is person to person contact through sex. The number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with the HIV has risen sharply since 2003.

This rising trend among gay and bisexual men hold true in many countries.  HIV drugs, which can control the virus but not cure the infection are more readily available.

As of now, an estimated four percent of Hong Kong’s gay and bisexual men are HIV-positive and genetic analyses of virus samples found three HIV strains within the local community.