Sociodemographic data
- Population: 33.4 million; percentage of urban population: 27%
- Births per 1000 population: 37
- Deaths per 1000 population: 8
- Infant mortality rate: 68
- Human development index rank: 171 (low)
- Gross national income (per capita): US$ 1990 (low income)
HIV care cascade and progress towards 90-90-90
Epidemiological data (2016)
HIV estimates and case notification
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Estimated
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Reported
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HIV prevalence in general population
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0.1
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NA
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People Living with HIV (PLHIV)
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7500 [3900 – 19,000]
|
2131
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New infections
|
|
204
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AIDS related deaths
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|
26
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|
|
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HIV in specific populations
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Survey data
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|
Size estimate
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Routine testing and VCT data
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Key populations
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Prevalence
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|
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No tested
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HIV+ cases (%)
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Sex Workers (SW)
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0.2 (2012)
|
|
12500
|
131
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0
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Men having Sex with Men (MSM)
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0.4 (2012)
|
|
10700
|
4123
|
21 (0.5%)
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People who inject drugs (PWIDs)
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4.4 (2012)
|
|
40900
|
13581
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35 (0.2%)
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Prisoners
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NA
|
|
28000
|
9997
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2 (.02%)
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Populations in health settings
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|
|
|
|
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TB patients
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|
|
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3028
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12 (0.4%)
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Pregnant women
|
|
|
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2167
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4 (0.2%)
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Blood Donors
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|
|
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128,167
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0 (0%)
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Clients of testing services
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|
|
|
26789
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134 (0.5%)
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Response
Policy implementation
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Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents
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Treat all
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Recommended initiation threshold children
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Treat all
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Policy of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women
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Option B+
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Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women
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Done in a small number of MCH sites
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Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring
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Not implemented
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HIV testing coverage in key populations *

Antiretroviral therapy and PMTCT coverage

References
1 http://www.prb.org/pdf16/prb-wpds2016-web-2016.pdf; (2) WHO.EMRO Regional Surveillance Data; (3) WHO/UNAIDS data spectrum 2016; (4) Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) 2016.
*These are approximate estimations based on the latest available data for number of people tested and size estimates.