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Afghanistan HIV country profile 2016

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

	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

HIV in specific populations

	Survey data	Size estimate	Routine testing and VCT data
*Key populations*	Prevalence		No tested	HIV+ cases (%)
Sex Workers (SW)	0.2 (2012)	12500	131	0
Men having Sex with Men (MSM)	0.4 (2012)	10700	4123	21 (0.5%)
People who inject drugs (PWIDs)	4.4 (2012)	40900	13581	35 (0.2%)
Prisoners	NA	28000	9997	2 (.02%)
*Populations in health settings*
TB patients			3028	12 (0.4%)
Pregnant women			2167	4 (0.2%)
Blood Donors			128,167	0 (0%)
Clients of testing services			26789	134 (0.5%)

Response

Policy implementation


Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents	Treat all
Recommended initiation threshold children	Treat all
Policy of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women	Option B+
Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women	Done in a small number of MCH sites
Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring	Not implemented

HIV testing coverage in key populations *

Testing_coverage

Antiretroviral therapy and PMTCT coverage

Capture

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.

Monthly polio snapshots 2017

2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 December 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 30 November 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 October 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 30 September 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 August 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 July 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 30 June 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 May 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 30 April 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 March 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 28 February 2017
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 January 2017
2016
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 30 December 2016
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 30 November 2016
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 October 2016
	Snapshot of polio situation in Afghanistan, 31 August 2016

Health cluster bulletins

2018

Health cluster bulletin, July 2018

Health cluster bulletin, 1 January 2018–31 March 2018

2017

Health cluster bulletin, 1 August 2017–31 December 2017

Emergency humanitarian action updates 2016

	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 11, December 2016 [pdf 678kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 10, November 2016 [pdf 688kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 9, September-October 2016 [pdf 444kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 8, August 2016 [pdf 420kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 7, July 2016 [pdf 470kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 6, June 2016 [pdf 414kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 4, April 2016 [pdf 555kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 3, March 2016 [pdf 577kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 2, February 2016 [pdf 591kb]
	Emergency and Humanitarian Action, Issue 1, January 2016 [pdf 357kb]