Syria HIV country profile 2016

Sociodemographic data

  • Total population (in millions)  18.6
  • Maternal mortality per 100 000 live births :68
  • Life expectancy at birth (years) : 70
  • Total fertility rate (births per woman) : 3.0
  • GNI per capita, PPP (current international US$)
  • Health expenditure, total (% of GDP) : 3.3
  • Health expenditure per capita (current US$) : 66
  • Human Development Index Value: 0.54

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

640

New infections

NA

22

AIDS related deaths

NA

 7

 

 

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HIV in specific populations

 

Survey data

 

Size estimate

Routine testing and VCT data

Key populations

No community-based HIV surveillance

 

 

No tested

416

HIV+ cases (%)

0%

Sex workers (SW)

 

Men having sex with men (MSM)

 

10 000 (2013)

People who inject drugs (PWIDs)

 

10 000 (2013)

Prisoners

 

84        0%

 Populations in health settings

 

 

 

 

 

TB patients

 

 

 

45               0%

Pregnant women

 

 

 

Blood donors

 

 

195 549     

 0%

Clients of testing services

 

 

 

Response

Policy implementation

 

 

Implementation of national policy on HIV self-testing (HIVST)

Unknown

Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents

Treat all

Implementation of Treat All adults and adolescents

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Recommended initiation threshold children

Treat All regardless of age

Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Implemented countrywide

Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring

Fullyimplemented

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.