For this study, data from Taiwan were collected from several major sources, including official HIV/AIDS surveillance statistics and the national strategic plan from the website of Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control, annual reports of prevention and education activities to the AIDS Prevention and Control Committee from 2005 to 2008, educational activities among correctional institutions provided by the AIDS NGOs, and a literature review. The current inter-ministry cooperative mechanism operates through the Executive Yuan's DOH AIDS Prevention and Control Committee, a communication platform chaired by the health minister (Taiwan CDC 2008). Since 2005, all HIV/AIDS prevention and control outcomes and activities have been reported to the committee twice a year.