Libya HIV country profile 2016

Sociodemographic data

Total population (in millions): 6.3
Maternal mortality per 100 000 live births :9
Life expectancy at birth (years) : 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman) : 2.5
GNI per capita, PPP (current international US$)
Health expenditure, total (% of GDP) : 5.0
Health expenditure per capita (current US$) : 372
Human Development Index Value : 0.72

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
New infections		NA 309
AIDS-related deaths		NA 121

HIV in specific populations

	Survey data		Size estimate	Routine testing and VCT data
Key populations	Prevalence			No tested	HIV+ cases (%)
Sex workers (SW)				No data
Men having sex with men (MSM)				No data
People who inject drugs (PWIDs)				No data
Prisoners				No data
Populations in health settings				No data
TB patients					No data
Pregnant women					No data
Blood donors					No data
Clients of testing services					No data

Response

Policy implementation


Implementation of national policy on HIV self-testing (HIVST)	Policy on HIVST but still not implemented
Treatment initiation threshold adults and adolescents	Treat All regardless of CD4 count
Implementation of Treat All adults and adolescents	Implemented in few (<50%) treatment sites
Treatment initiation threshold children	Treat All regardless of age
Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women	Implemented in a small number (<50%) of MCH sites
Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring	Fully implemented

HIV testing coverage in key populations *

Data not available

Antiretroviral therapy and PMTCT coverage

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.