Pakistan HIV country profile

Sociodemographic data

  • Total population (in millions) : 192.8
  • Maternal mortality per 100 000 live births :178
  • Life expectancy at birth (years) : 66
  • Total fertility rate (births per woman) : 3.7
  • GNI per capita, PPP (current international US$) :5 320
  • Health expenditure, total (% of GDP) : 2.6
  • Health expenditure per capita (current US$) : 36
  • Human Development Index Value :0.55

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

People living with HIV (PLHIV)

130 000 [120 000 - 150 000]

20 639

New infections

19 000 [17 000 - 21 000]

5156

AIDS-related deaths

5500 [4500 - 6600]

320

 

 

 

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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)

2.2 cluster sampling- (n=72,364)/ 2016

 

136 000 (2011)

Men having sex with men (MSM)

5.4% (n=6773)

 

People who inject drugs (PWIDs)

38.4% (n=7862)

 

99 000 (2011)

Prisoners

NA

 

Populations in health settings

 

 

 

 

 

TB patients

 

 

 

Pregnant women

.03% (n=26,510/ 42 sites in 9 districts, 2010 

 

 

Blood Donors

 

 

 

Clients of testing services

 

 

 

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 *

Fig_3  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) 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.