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Yemen HIV country profile 2016

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Sociodemographic data

  • Maternal mortality per 100 000 live births:385
  • Life expectancy at birth (years): 64
  • Total fertility rate (births per woman): 4.4
  • GNI per capita, PPP (current international US$):2 720
  • Health expenditure, total (% of GDP): 5.6
  • Health expenditure per capita (current US$):80
  • Human Development Index Value: 0.48

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

 

 

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

9900 [5600 - 19 000]

2701

New infections

1100 [<500 - 2600]

408

AIDS-related deaths

<500 [<200 - <1000]

112

 

 

 

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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)

 

 

59,934 (2010)

 

 

Men having Sex with Men (MSM)

5.5% (2011)

 

44,320 (2010)

223(2012)

5.8%

People who inject drugs (PWIDs)

 

 

 

 

 

Prisoners

 

 

 

 

 

Populations in health settings

 

 

 

 

 

TB patients

 

 

 

1,545(2016)

2.6%

Pregnant women

0.1% (2010) “done in 4 governorates”

 

 

1,836(2011)

.05

Blood Donors

 

 

 

12,131(2012)

.05%

Clients of testing services

 

 

 

 

 

Response

Policy implementation

 

 

Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents

Data not reported

Recommended initiation threshold  children

Data not reported

Policy of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Data not reported

Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Data not reported

Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring

Data not reported

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.