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2024 Taiwan Health and Welfare Report

death, pregnant women are advised to postpone (2) The "Harm Reduction Program" remained in
travel to Zika-affected areas. Those who need to place. Newly reported cases of substance abuse
travel to these areas should take strict precautions had fallen from 72% in 2005 to 2% in 2023.
against mosquito bites. (3) For privacy concerns and convenience
purposes, the MOHW has offered HIV screening
Section 4 Communicable Diseases
consultation and referral services through its Free
Transmitted by Blood or Body
HIV Anonymous Screening and Consultation
Fluids Project to approximately 38,968 people. The
1. HIV infection MOHW also supplied self-screening kits for AIDS
From 1984 till the end of 2023, there were a through manual distribution, automatic kiosks,
cumulative total of 44,259 reported cases of HIV and convenient store pickups for online orders.
among Taiwanese nationals. Of those infected, More than 79,851 people have benefitted from
21,584 developed full-blown AIDS, which led this service.
to 8,628 deaths. In 2023, there were 940 new (4) The Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) program
reported cases. Compared to 2022, there had been continued to be implemented. Together with
a decline of 12%; the male-to-female ratio for those local health bureaus and 63 executing agencies,
infected is 26:1. Among the newly infected, 94% of as of 2023, 5,797 people had received holistic
them had contracted the disease through unsafe integrated care services.
sex, particularly unsafe homosexual sex. These (5) The MOHW implemented a universal HIV
constituted 83% of all contracted cases for the year. screening among pregnant women. In 2023, 4
The outcome of disease prevention in 2023 is as new cases were found through the screening of
follows: pregnant woman. But, thanks to the preventive
(1) Four gender diversity-friendly community measures, there was only one case of vertical
health centers were established to provide transmission. (Figure 6-5)
HIV consultations, outpatient care, and health (6) There were 90 designated medical institutions
education, offering screening services to and 108 community drug stores that provide
approximately 10,000 people.

Figure 6-5 New HIV Cases and Positive Incidence Rate under the Universal Screening Program

Incidence Rate
Cases (per 100,000 population)
35 18
31 New Reported HIV Cases 16
30 16
Positivity Rate among Newly Reported 14
Cases Detected by Prenatal Screening
25 (per 100,000 population)
12
20
10

15 8

10 6
10 9 8 5
7 7 4 7 5 4 8
6 6 4
3 3 3 5 4 5
5 3 3 4
3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2
2 1
2 2 1
0 0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Source: Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Year
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