Voluntary Counseling & HIV Testing Center

The first case of HIV infection was diagnosed in Cambodia in 1991. After a prevalence peak of 1.4% to 1.7% in the population between 2001 and 2003, the estimated prevalence continued to fall to stand at approximately 0.6% at the present time. In 1995, the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge (IPC) was the first center to have set up an anonymous free testing and counseling center (VCTC). This service is financed entirely by the IPC. Over the years, the number of centers countrywide has increased significantly. By late 2010, there were already 246 VCTCs in the country (source NCHADS). However, the IPC’s VCTC is a referral center for test confirmations as shown by the high percentage of tests that have come back positive. It has a full-time employed doctor working under the supervision of another medical doctor.