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Key facts on HIV: Country Snapshot 2019: Nepal The country snapshot prepared by UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and […]

Key facts on HIV: Country Snapshot 2019: Nepal

The country snapshot prepared by UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific and AIDS Data Hub provides information on the HIV epidemic and response in Nepal country.

Country Snapshot, 2018

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Country factsheets: NEPAL 2017, HIV and AIDS Estimates

Adults and children living with HIV	31 000 [27 000 – 36 000]
Adults aged 15 and over living with HIV	30 000 [26 000 – 35 000]
Women aged 15 and over living with HIV	11 000 [10 000 – 13 000]
Men aged 15 and over living with HIV	18 000 [16 000 – 22 000]
Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV	1200 [1000 – 1400]
Adult aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.2 [0.1 – 0.2]
Women aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.1 [0.1 – 0.1]
Men aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.2 [0.1 – 0.2]
HIV prevalence among young women	<0.1 [<0.1 – <0.1]
HIV prevalence among young men	<0.1 [<0.1 – <0.1]
Adults and children newly infected with HIV	<1000 [<1000 – <1000]
Adults aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	<1000 [<1000 – <1000]
Women aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	<500 [<500 – <500]
Men aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	<1000 [<500 – <1000]
Children aged 0 to 14 newly infected with HIV	<100 [<100 – <100]
HIV incidence per 1000 population (adults 15-49)	[0.04 – 0.05]
HIV incidence per 1000 population (all ages)	0.03 [0.03 – 0.03]
Adult and child deaths due to AIDS	1300 [1000 – 1700]
Deaths due to AIDS among adults aged 15 and over	1300 [<1000 – 1700]
Deaths due to AIDS among women aged 15 and over	<500 [<200 – <500]
Deaths due to AIDS among men aged 15 and over	<1000 [<1000 – 1200]
Deaths due to AIDS among children aged 0 to 14	<100 [<100 – <100]
Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17	18 000 [15 000 – 21 000]

HIV testing and treatment cascade

People living with HIV	31 000 [27 000 – 36 000]
People living with HIV who know their status	20 000
Percent of people living with HIV who know their status	64 [56 – 74]
People living with HIV who are on ART	15 000
Percent of people living with HIV who are on ART	49 [43 – 58]
People living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads	14 000
Percent of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads	44 [39 – 52]

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)

Coverage of adults and children receiving ART (%)	49 [43 – 58]
Adults aged 15 and over receiving ART	47 [41 – 55]
Women aged 15 and over receiving ART	60 [53 – 70]
Men aged 15 and over receiving ART	39 [33 – 46]
Children aged 0 to 14 receiving ART	>95 [94 – >95]
Number of adults and children receiving ART (#)	15 260
Adults aged 15 and over receiving ART	13 969
Women aged 15 and over receiving ART	6847
Men aged 15 and over receiving ART	7122
Children aged 0 to 14 receiving ART	1291
Late HIV diagnosis [with the initial CD4 cell count <200 cells/ mm3] (%)	22
Female adults (15+)	19
Male adults (15+)	29
Children (0-14)	6
Late HIV diagnosis [with the initial CD4 cell count <350 cells/ mm3] (%)	37
Female adults (15+)	33
Male adults (15+)	44
Children (0-14)	18
Adults and children newly-initiating ART (#)	2870
Adults aged 15 and over newly-initiating ART	2577
Children aged 0-14 newly-initiating ART	293
Women aged 15 and over newly-initiating ART	1194
Men aged 15 and over newly-initiating ART	1383
Adults and children known to be on ART 12 months after starting (%)	88
Female adults known to be on ART 12 months after starting	90
Male adults known to be on ART 12 months after starting	84
Children known to be on ART 12 months after starting	93

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission

Coverage of pregnant women who receive ARV for PMTCT (%)	63 [53 – 75]
Pregnant women needing ARV for PMTCT (#)	<500 [<500 – <500]
Pregnant women who received ARV for PMTCT (#)	191
Early infant diagnosis (%)	45 [38 – 53]
New HIV infections averted due to PMTCT (%)	<100 [<100 – <100]

Men who have sex with men

HIV prevalence (%)	5	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Knowledge of HIV status (%)	89.6	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Condom use (%)	94.6	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Active syphilis (%)	1.9	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017

People who inject drugs

HIV prevalence (%)	8.8	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Knowledge of HIV status (%)	54	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Condom use (%)	48.9	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Safe injecting practices (%)	97.6	Source: Integrated biological and behavioural Surveillance Survey 2017
Needles and syringes distributed per person who injects drugs (#)	60.638
Coverage of opioid substitution therapy	3	Source: National programme data 2017
Hepatitis B and coinfection with HIV (%)	0.3	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Hepatitis C and coinfection with HIV (%)	7.4	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017

Transgender people

HIV prevalence (%)	8.5	Kathmandu Valley and Pokhara; Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Knowledge of HIV status (%)	89.4	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017
Condom use (%)	91.5	Source: Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance (IBBS) Survey 2017