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AIDS Programmes
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National Strategic Framework: 2005-2009
The objective of the new national strategic plan, is to keep prevalence of HIV below 1%. In addition, plans of action have been drawn up by company managers and nongovernmental organizations to mark their contribution to the multisectoral control effort.
Assessment (UNAIDS):
AIDS-control measures are coordinated by the National AIDS Control Committee, a multisectoral entity in which all governmental partners, civil society and the private sector participate. The objective of the new national strategic plan (PSN 2005–2009), which has just been updated by the Union of the Comoros, is to keep prevalence of HIV below 1%. Accordingly, under the new national strategic plan, AIDS control is one of the five strategic lines of action assigned priority and one of the thirty five programmes given priority by the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper document.
During 2005, political commitment at the highest level was reflected in the involvement of the President of the Republic and of the Presidents of the islands' executive bodies in the major actions undertaken in the response to AIDS. In addition, plans of action have been drawn up by company managers and nongovernmental organizations to mark their contribution to the multisectoral control effort.
The main challenges facing the country are as follows:
 changing the mindset both of the authorities and of the population with regards to the AIDS pandemic;
organizing the control effort on the basis of the guiding principles of the “Three Ones”;
the shortage of resources to implement and strengthen interventions: a revival of partnership, especially with the United Nations agencies, is called for;
the limited number and skills of human resources committed to the control effort; and
the lack of operational research.
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HIV/AIDS Organisations
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| Ministry of Health |
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Honourable Dr Ikililou Dhoinine, vice-president of Comoros in charge of the Ministry of Health |
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+269 733 373 |
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P.O. Box 1028
Moroni, Union of Comoros |
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+269 734 432 |
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Dr Ahamada Msa Mliva, national director |
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+269 744 069 |
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P.O. Box 1028
Moroni, Union of Comoros |
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+269 734 432 |
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| UNAIDS Country Co-ordinator (also Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles) |
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Sétou Kaba |
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+261 20 22 366 32 |
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+261 20 22 641 84 |
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| UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS |
| Contact person: |
Mamadou Ball, WHO Reprensentative |
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+269 73 00 36 |
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+269 73 18 25 |
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- The Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- The World Bank
- World Health Organization
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Country Profiles
- United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2005. “World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision.” New York.
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Treatment Map
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| HIV Prevalence Rate (%) (2006): |
15% |
| No. Of People living with HIV/AIDS (2006): |
88 |
| No. Of People in need of ART (2006): |
5 adults aged 15-49 years |
| No. Of People Currently On ART (2006): |
5 |
| No. Of People on ART Public Sector (2006): |
5 |
| No. Of People on ART Private Sector: |
n/a |
| No. Of People on ART in Non-Government Programmes: |
n/a |
| No. Of People Expected to be on ART (2006 End): |
10 |
| Front Line Drug Regimen (2006, UNAIDS): |
zidovudine + lamivudine + nevirapine |
| *PMTCT Regimen (2006): |
At the onset of labour, mothers receive a dose of nevirapine. Mothers are also prescribed zidovudine or lamivudine at 36 weeks to be continued until a week after labour. |
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| HIV/AIDS Fund Disbursements: |
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| Total Funds Disbursed By The Global Fund: |
US$635 488 |
| Total Funds Disbursed By The World Bank Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Programme (MAP): |
nil |
| Total Funds Disbursed By PEPFAR During 2005 Fiscal Year: |
nil |
Indicators
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| Demographics (United Nations Population Fund): |
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| Population: |
798 000 |
| Population aged 15-59: |
429,000 |
| Urban population: |
2,511,000 |
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| Under 5 mortality per 1000 births: |
77 |
| Male life expectancy: |
62 years |
| Female life expectancy: |
67 years |
| Combined average life expectancy: |
64.5 years |
| Combined average life expectancy 1975-1980: |
50.9 years |
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| Education (UNESCO, 2004): |
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| Males with secondary education as percentage of secondary school-age youths: |
40 percent |
| Females with secondary education as percentage of secondary school-age youths: |
30 percent |
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| Literacy rates (UNESCO, 2004): |
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| Percentage of literate males aged 15 or older: |
63.5 percent |
| Percentage of literate females aged 15 or older: |
49.1 percent |
| Combined literacy rate for aged 15 or older: |
56.2 percent |
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