Qatar HIV country profiles 2016

Sociodemographic data

  • Population:  2.6 m;   % urban: 99.2
  • Births per 1000 population: 
  • Deaths, female per 1000 population: 47
  • Deaths, male per 1000 population: 76
  • Infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births): 6.8
  • HDI value: 0.856 
  • GNI (per capita): …
  • Public Health expenditure (% of GDP): 1.9

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)

NA

New infections

NA

AIDS-related deaths

NA

 

 

 

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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)

Data not available

 

Data not available

Men having Sex with Men (MSM)

 

People who inject drugs (PWIDs)

 

Prisoners

 

Populations in health settings

 

TB patients

 

Pregnant women

 

Blood Donors

 

Clients of testing services

 

Response

Policy implementation

 

 

Policy CD4 threshold adults and adolescents

Data not available

Recommended initiation threshold  children

Policy of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Implementation of lifelong ART to pregnant & breastfeeding women

Implementation of national policy on viral load monitoring

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) 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.