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Oman HIV country profile 2016

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Sociodemographic data

  • Population: 4.5 m; % urban: 77.6
  • Adult mortality rate, female per 1000 population: 70
  • Adult mortality rate, male per 1000 population: 111
  • Life expectancy at birth, total (years): 77
  • Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): 9.9
  • HDI rank: 0.79
  • GDP (current US$): 66.2 billion

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

NA

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

NA

1684

New infections

NA

135

AIDS-related deaths

NA

61

 

 

 

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HIV in specific populations

 

Survey data

 

Size estimate

Routine testing and VCT data

Key populations

 

 

No tested

HIV+ cases (%)

Sex workers (SW)

 

Men having sex with men (MSM)

 

People who inject drugs (PWIDs)

 

Prisoners

 

3025

0.3%

Populations in health settings

 

 

 

 

 

TB patients

 

 

 

186

6.5%

Pregnant women

 

 

 

91 058

0.04%

Blood Donors

 

 

 

Clients of testing services

 

 

 

Response

Policy implementation

 

 

Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents

Recommended initiation threshold  children

Policy of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring

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.