National HIV Factsheet 202: HIV Epidemic Update of Nepal

admin November 30, 2022 3 min read

Overview Each year the annual estimates of key indicators among people living with HIV in Nepal are finalized by using […]

Overview

Each year the annual estimates of key indicators among people living with HIV in Nepal are finalized by using AIDS Epidemic Model and Spectrum/AIM. Various survey and research data (key population size, Nepal Demographic Health Survey, trends of prevalence and behavioral data from integrated biological and behavioral surveillance surveys, behavioral information on condom use, sexual behavior, injecting practice, number of clients etc.) and program data like people on ART and PMTCT data are used as input in the analytical tools to prepare annual estimates of the status of the HIV epidemic in Nepal. The HIV epidemic in Nepal remains largely concentrated among key populations (people who inject drugs, sex workers and their clients, men who have sex with men and transgender people, male labour migrants and their wives and prison inmates).

First HIV case was detected in 1988 in Nepal.
Heterosexual transmission is dominant (72%).

HIV and AIDS Estimates in Nepal

S. No	Population	Number (min-max)
1	Adults and children living with HIV	30,000 (26000-32000)
2	Adults aged 15 and over living with HIV	29000 (26000-32000)
3	Women aged 15 and over living with HIV	13000 (12000-14000)
4	Men aged 15 and over living with HIV	16000 (14000-17000)
5	Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV	1200 (1100-1400)
6	Mothers needing elimination of vertical transmission services	200 (160-240)

HIV and AIDS Estimates in Nepal

Key Indicators

S. No.	Key indicators	Data as per 2021
1	HIV Incidence per 1000	0.02%
2	Percentage of women 15-49 living with HIV (of estimated adult PLHIV)	53%
3	New infant HIV infections	33
4	Total new infections among 0-14 years	45
5	AIDS mortality per 100 thousand	2.13
6	People have become infected with HIV since the start of the epidemic in 1988	61800
7	People have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic in 1988	26970