EMR AIDSnews VOL.3 NO.1, MARCH 1999

EMR AIDSnews, Volume 3, Number 1, March 1999

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REPORTED AIDS CASES
IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGION
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Country	Up to 1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	Total	Up to
Afghanistan	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	31/12/91
Bahrain	4	3	4	4	5	8	5	15	8	56	30/09/98
Cyprus	27	4	2	4	9	3	4	5	-	58	30/09/97
Djibouti	58	107	144	144	196	231	358	434	58	1730	30/09/98
Egypt	27	12	23	29	22	16	14	25	23	201	31/12/98
Iran	19	25	16	32	19	16	27	40	21	215	31/12/98
Iraq	0	7	6	21	37	16	15	2	4	108	31/12/98
Jordan	12	8	7	8	6	2	4	12	11	70	31/12/98
Kuwait	3	3	2	2	5	4	5	2	19	45	31/12/98
Lebanon	27	13	7	22	12	18	5	8	35	147	31/12/98
Libya	5	2	3	2	3	2	-	-	-	17	31/12/95
Morocco	70	28	30	44	77	57	66	92	93	557	31/12/98
Oman	91	25	32	37	51	28	24	36	33	357	31/12/98
Pakistan	30	16	18	16	9	20	19	19	23	170	31/12/98
Palestine	5	1	6	1	3	3	1	9	3	32	31/12/98
Qatar	52	10	3	7	6	4	2	4	1	89	31/12/98
Saudi Arabia	34	10	6	12	38	37	100	112	39	388	31/12/98
Somalia	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	31/12/90
Sudan	320	188	184	191	201	257	221	270	511	2343	31/12/98
Syria	13	7	3	3	4	6	9	8	3	61	31/12/98
Tunisia	95	36	38	52	50	65	52	62	44	497	31/12/98
U.A.E	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	31/12/90
Yemen	1	0	3	4	3	11	60	40	19	156	31/12/98
Total EMR	917	505	537	635	756	804	991	1195	963	7318

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Editorial Note:
It is clear from the above table that most of the countries are sending reports on AIDS regularly to WHO but a few countries are not and a couple of them have not sent their reports for a long time. Regular reporting is an important component of a good surveillance system, which is essential to monitor the trend of the epidemic, to plan the preventive interventions and to measure the effectiveness of these interventions. It is hoped that all countries will establish and maintain a good surveillance system and will report regularly to WHO.

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