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Jordan HIV country profiles 2016

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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

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Epidemiological data (2016)

HIV estimates and case notification

 

Estimated

Reported

HIV prevalence in general population

0.1

NA

People Living with HIV (PLHIV)

7500 [3900 – 19,000]

2131

New infections

204

AIDS related deaths

26

 

 

 

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HIV in specific populations

 

Survey data

 

Size estimate

Routine testing and VCT data

Key populations

Prevalence

 

 

No tested

HIV+ cases (%)

Sex workers (SW)

12.9

 

NA

363 (2014)

47

Men having sex with men (MSM)

NA

 

NA

NA

NA

People who inject drugs (PWIDs)

NA

 

Prisoners

NA

 

Populations in health settings

 

 

 

 

 

TB patients

 

 

 

Pregnant women

 

 

 

Blood donors

 

 

 

Clients of testing services

 

 

 

Response

Policy implementation

 

 

Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents

Unknown

Recommended initiation threshold adults and adolescents

Treat all regardless of CD4 count

Implementation of Treat All adults and adolescents

Implemented countrywide

Treatment initiation threshold children

Treat all regardless of age

Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Data not reported

Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring

Fully implemented

HIV testing coverage in key populations *

Data not available

Antiretroviral therapy and PMTCT coverage

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References 

(1) http://www.prb.org/pdf16/prb-wpds2016-web-2016.pdf; (2) WHO.EMRO Regional Surveillance Data; (3) UNAIDS/WHO estimates 2016; (4) Global AIDS Monitoring (GAM) 2016.

*No of people diagnosed is not reported online but calculated based on the reported PLHIV who are alive over the estimated no of PLHIV.