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Country Profile: Tunisia
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AIDS Programmes

National Strategic Framework: 2006–2010

HIV/AIDS Organisations

  National AIDS Programme
Contact person: Ahmed Al Maamouri, programme manager Tel: +216 71 786581
Location: PHC Directorate, Ministry of Health
31 Rue Khartoum
Tunis Belvedere 1002 , Tunisia		 +216 71 789148
  Fax: +216 71 789679
  Email: [email protected]
What we do: Prevention; epidemiological monitoring; control, diagnosis and monitoring of STIs, HIV and AIDS.
  Ministere de la Sante Publique
Contact person:   Tel: +216 71 56 0545
Location: Bab Saadoun
Tunis 1006, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 56 9228
  Email: [email protected]
  Web: www.ministeres.tn
What we do:
  Ministère des Affaires de la Femme, de la Famille, de l'Enfance et des Personnes Agées (MAFFEPA)
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 25 2514
Location: 02 Rue d’Alger
Tunis 1000, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 34 900
  Email:
  Web:
What we do:
 Association Feminine Tunisie 21
Contact person: Tel:
Location: 3 Rue Astree
Tunis-Belvedere, 1002 Tunisia		 Fax:
  Email:
  Web:  
What we do:
 ATL MST /SIDA
Contact person: Bilel Mahjoubi, project coordinator Tel: +216 71 701 195
Location: A6, Rue 7051, Cite Essalem
Nouvelle Ariana 2034, Tunisia		 Mobile: +216 20 303 383
  Faxl: +216 71 701 195
  Email: [email protected] [email protected]
What we do: Sensisation and education programs with selected high-risk populations such as the military and MSMs.
 Caritas
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 33 5831
Location: 4 Rue d’Alger Tunis
RP 1000, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 33 5832
  Email: [email protected]
  Web: www.caritas.org
What we do:
 Centre National de Informatique pour l’Enfant
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 77 0003
Location: Cite Nationale Sportive
El Menzah Tunis 1002, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 77 1252
  Email:
  Web:  
What we do:
 Centre de Recherches d’Etudes, de Documentation et d’Information sur la Femme
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 88 5322
Location: Avenue de Roi Abdelaziz Al Saoud,
Rue (Chahid) Farhat Ben Afiya El Manar II 2092 Tunis, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 88 2893
  Email: [email protected]
  Web: credif.org.tn
What we do:
 GTZ—Cooperation Allemande au Development
Contact person:  Sandra Schenke, country director Tel: +216 71 86 0320
Location: BP 753
Tunis-Cedex 1080, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 86 0719
  Email: [email protected]
  Web:
What we do:
 North African Network of AIDS Service Organisations - NANASO
Contact person: Anouar Moalla, co-ordinator Tel: +216 71 872 847
Location: 42, Rue Tahar Ben Brahim
1013 El Menzah
IXb Tunis, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 70 860 509
  Email: [email protected] [email protected]
  Web:
What we do: Network of the 5 HIV/AIDS national networks in the 5 North African countries namely Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco & Tunisia. Its mission is to enhance the community response to HIV/AIDS in Northern Africa by promoting the development and existence of sustainable and effective country networks that provide leadership and capacity building in advocacy, programme development, and enhanced greater involvement of people living with HIV and AIDS.
 ILO, Sub-regional office for North Africa
Contact person: Tel: +202 736 9290
Location: 9, Dr. Taha Hussein St. Zamalek
11211 Cairo, Egypt		 +202 735 5176
  Fax: +202 736 0889 / +202 736 2358
  Web: [email protected]
What we do:
 Planned Parenthood Federation, Arab Regional Office
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 84 7344 / +216 71 79 2833
Location: 2 Place Virgile, Notre Dame
Tunis 1082, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 78 8661 / +216 71 84 6552
  Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
  Web: www.ippf.org
What we do:
 United Nations Population Fund
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 56 4942
Location: BP 863
Tunis 1033, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 57 2431
  Email: [email protected]
  Web: www.unfpa.org
What we do:
 UNHCR
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 57 3586
Location: 61 Boulevard Bab Benat
Tunis 1006, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 57 0168
  Email: [email protected]
  Web: www.unhcr.org
What we do:
 UNICEF
Contact person: Tel: +216 71 80 2700 / +216 71 79 8292
Location: BP 35 Cite Mahrajane
Tunis 2092, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 79 3001
  Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
  Web: www.unicef.org
What we do:
 UNAIDS Regional Support Offices, Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
Contact person: Tel: +202 276 5257
Location: Nasr City
Cairo 11371, Egypt		 Fax: +202 276 5427
  Email:
  Web:
What we do:
  UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS
Contact person: Mr Jean-Marie Delmotte, UNICEF Tel: +216 71 802 700
Location: 58 Avenue Tahar Ben Achour
Mutuelleville
Tunis 1082, Tunisia		 Fax: +216 71 793 001
  Email: [email protected]
  Web:
What we do:
Sources: - The Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- The World Bank
- World Health Organisation
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Country Profiles
- United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 2005. “World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision.” New York.
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

Treatment Map

Adult HIV Prevalence Rate (%): 0.1
No. Of People living with HIV/AIDS: 8,600
No. Of HIV Testing & Counselling Sites: n/a
No. Of People in need of ART: n/a
No. Of People On ART (2006): >500
No. Of Sites Reportedly Distributing ARVs: n/a
No. Of People on ART Public Sector: n/a
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 by end of 2007: n/a
Front Line Drug Regimen: n/a
*PMTCT Regimen:
HIV/AIDS Fund Disbursements:
Total Funds Disbursed By The Global Fund as of March 2006: none
Total Funds Disbursed By The World Bank Multi-Country HIV/AIDS Programme (MAP): not applicable
Total Funds Disbursed By PEPFAR During 2005 Fiscal Year:

Sources: UNAIDS, WHO

Indicators

Demographics (United Nations Population Fund):
Population: 10.2 million
Urban population: 65 percent
Under 5 mortality per 1000 births: 22
Male life expectancy: 71.8 years
Female life expectancy: 76 years
Combined average life expectancy: 73.9 years
Combined average life expectancy 1975-1980: approx. 55.6 years
Education (UNESCO, 2004):
Males with secondary education as percentage of secondary school-age youths: n/a
Females with secondary education as percentage of secondary school-age youths: n/a
Literacy rates (UNESCO, 2004):
Percentage of literate males aged 15 years or older: 83.4 percent
Percentage of literate females aged 15 years or older: 65.3 percent
Combined literacy rate for those aged 15 years or older: 74.35 percent
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