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??LIBERIA - Country Profile
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Updated: March 2005?? |
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National Strategic Framework
A National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan for 2000 to 2003 is presently being revised for 2004-2007.
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
P.O. Box 9009, Monrovia
Tel: +231 377 31 3790
Fax: +231 377 231 226317
National AIDS Control Programme
Contact person: Sara Beysolow-Nyanti
JFK Hospital Compound, 1000 Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia
Tel: +231 226193
Fax: +231 226210
Email: [email protected]
HIV/AIDS Organisations:
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Association of Liberian People Living with AIDS (ALL+)
Contact person: Stephen McGill
Stop AIDS in Liberia (SAIL) Building
Corner of Sekou Toure Ave/ Mechlin St
P.O. Box 20-5472, 1000 Monrovia
Tel: +231 377 47 539 947
Email: [email protected]
· Home-based care services and psychological support to people living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
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Family Planning Association of Liberia (FPAL)
Contact person: James Thompson
P.O. Box 10-0938
1000 Monrovia
10 Liberia
Tel: +231 377 47 513 897 / 377 47 551 454
Fax: +231 377 227 614
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fpaliberia.netfirms.com
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Light Association of Liberia
Contact person: Kpannah Jallah
Benson Street, c/o National AIDS Control Programme, JFK Hospital Compound, 1000 Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia
Tel: +231 377 47 537 478
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
· Support and counselling, including home based care and visits.
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UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS
Contact person: Mr. Déji Popoola
Tel: +231 226 219
Fax: +231 226 210
Email: [email protected]
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| Country Indicators |
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| Demographic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
| Total population (thousands) |
2004 |
3,487 |
UN population division database |
| Female population aged 15-24 (thousands) |
2004 |
351 |
UN population division database |
| Population aged 15-49 (thousands) |
2004 |
1,575 |
UN population division database |
| Annual population growth rate (%) |
1992-2002 |
4.6 |
UN population division database |
| % of population in urban areas |
2003 |
46.4 |
UN population division database |
| Average annual growth
rate of urban population |
2000-2005 |
5.3 |
UN population division database |
| Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 pop.) |
2004 |
49.6 |
UN population division database |
| Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 pop.) |
2004 |
21.5 |
UN population division database |
| Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) |
2000 |
760 |
WHO (WHR2004)/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) |
2002 |
42 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Total fertility rate |
2002 |
6.8 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
136 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
232 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
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For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications
| Socio-economic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
| Gross national income, ppp, per capita (Int.$) |
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| Gross domestic product, per capita % growth |
2001-2002 |
1.6 |
World Bank |
| Per capita total expenditure on health (Int.$) |
2001 |
127 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health |
2001 |
75.9 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Total adult illiteracy rate |
2000 |
46.5 |
UNESCO |
| Adult male illiteracy
rate |
2000 |
29.8 |
UNESCO |
| Adult female illiteracy
rate |
2000 |
63.3 |
UNESCO |
| Gross primary school enrolment
ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
not available |
UNESCO |
| Gross primary school enrolment
ratio, female |
2000/2001 |
not available |
UNESCO |
| Gross secondary school
enrolment ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
not available |
UNESCO |
| Gross secondary school
enrolment ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
not available |
UNESCO |
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For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications
Source: WHO/UNAIDS epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004 Update.
Email: [email protected]
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| Epidemiological Fact Sheet |
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Estimated number of adults and children
living with HIV/AIDS, end of 2003
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| These estimates include all people with HIV
infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of
AIDS, alive at the end of 2003: |
| Adults and children |
100,000 |
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| Adults (15-49) |
96,000 |
Adult rate(%) 5.9 |
| Women (15-49) |
54,000 |
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| Children (0-15) |
8,000 |
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Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS
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| Estimated number of adults and children who died of AIDS during 2003: |
| Deaths in 2003 |
7,200 |
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Estimated number of orphans
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| Estimated number of children who have lost their mother or father or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under age 17 at the end of 2003: |
| Current living orphans |
36,000 |
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Assessment of the epidemiological situation (2004)
Scant information on HIV prevalence is available for Liberia. No HIV sentinel surveillance system has yet been established. In Monrovia, 4 percent of antenatal clinic women tested positive for HIV in 1992 and 1993. In 1996 and 1997, HIV testing at various sites found no evidence of HIV infection among antenatal clinic attendees. In 1998, from an unspecified site, 10 percent of antenatal clinic attendees were found HIV positive. In 2002, HIV prevalence among women attending antenatal care clinics at 24 sites was 4.3 percent.
There is no information available on HIV prevalence among sex workers. In 1993, 8 percent of male STD clinic patients attending one site in Monrovia tested positive for HIV. The rate for female patients was 2 percent.
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