| GABON - Country Profile |
Updated: March 2005 |
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National Strategic Framework
National Strategic Plan developed (2001-2005)
National Policies
A national AIDS policy is available, primarily related to access to care. Legislation against discrimination has not been developed.
Ministry of Health
P.O. Box 50
Libreville (Gabon)
Tel: +241 763611 / 722 407 / 763 596
National AIDS Contol Programme - PNLS
Contact person: Dr Malonga - Director
BP 20 449, Libreville
Tel: +241 761 060 / 237 899
Fax: +241 734 365 / 748 717
Email:
HIV/AIDS Organisations:
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Association Gabonaise d'Assistance et Actions aux PVVIH (AGAAS)
Contact person: Sidonie Siaka, President
BP 13138 AGAAS, Libreville, Estuaire, Gabon
Tel: +241 764 620 / 768 988
ˇ Awareness campaigns, including in schools and colleges - also in rural areas. Also provides support to AIDS orphans.
- Sida Zero
BP 13.736 Libreville, Gabon
ˇ Awareness and support to those living with HIV and their families.
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| Country Indicators |
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| Demographic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
| Total population (thousands) |
2004 |
1,351 |
UN population division database |
| Female population aged 15-24 (thousands) |
2004 |
137 |
UN population division database |
| Population aged 15-49 (thousands) |
2004 |
651 |
UN population division database |
| Annual population growth rate (%) |
1992-2002 |
2.6 |
UN population division database |
| % of population in urban areas |
2003 |
83.3 |
UN population division database |
| Average annual growth rate of urban population |
2000-2005 |
2.7 |
UN population division database |
| Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 pop.) |
2004 |
30.9 |
UN population division database |
| Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 pop.) |
2004 |
11.3 |
UN population division database |
| Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) |
2000 |
420 |
WHO (WHR2004)/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) |
2002 |
59 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Total fertility rate |
2002 |
4 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
64 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
91 |
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.$) |
2002 |
5,320 |
World Bank |
| Gross domestic product, per capita % growth |
2001-2002 |
0.6 |
World Bank |
| Per capita total expenditure on health (Int.$) |
2001 |
197 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health |
2001 |
47.9 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Total adult illiteracy rate |
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| Adult male illiteracy rate |
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| Adult female illiteracy rate |
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| Gross primary school enrolment ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
144 |
UNESCO |
| Gross primary school enrolment ratio, female |
2000/2001 |
143 |
UNESCO |
| Gross secondary school enrolment ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
61 |
UNESCO |
| Gross secondary school enrolment ratio, female |
2000/2001 |
58 |
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:
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| Epidemiological Fact Sheet (From UNAIDS) |
| Estimated number of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, end of 2003 |
| 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 |
48,000 |
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| Adults (15-49) |
45,000 |
Adult rate(%) 8.1% |
| Women (15-49) |
26,000 |
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| Children (0-15) |
2,500 |
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| Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS |
| Estimated number of adults and children who died of AIDS during 2003: |
| Deaths in 2003 |
3,000 |
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| Estimated number of orphans |
| 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 |
14,000 |
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Assessment of the epidemiological situation **
Although a surveillance system was established in 1986, sentinel surveys were conducted irregularly between 1986 and 1995, sites were used inconsistently and the system stopped functioning altogether in 1996 until 2002 when surveillance resumed.
HIV prevalence rates among women attending the same two antenatal care clinics in the capital Libreville increased from 3.8 percent in 1995 to 9.0 percent in 2002.
A survey of the general population in four cities in 2000/2001 reported HIV prevalence rates of 7.7 percent in the capital Libreville; 9.0 percent in the economic ands trade centre of Port-Gentil; 3.8 percent in the river-side town Lambaréné 300km east of Port-Gentil, and 3.8 percent in Franceville in the south east, close to the border with the Republic of Congo.
** Information taken from UNAIDS/WHO epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004 Update, The Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria and various UN databases.
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