Assessment of epidemiological situation - Sudan

Information on HIV prevalence among antenatal clinic women has only recently become available. A study conducted in Khartoum in 1996 found 5 percent of antenatal clinic women tested were HIV positive. However, in 1998, less than 1 percent of antenatal clinic women tested were HIV positive. Outside of Khartoum, a study conducted in Juba in 1995, found 3 percent of antenatal clinic women tested were HIV positive. In 1998, 4 percent of antenatal clinic women tested in Juba and El Gedarif tested HIV positive.

There is no information on HIV prevalence in sex workers.

In Juba, HIV prevalence among STD clinic patients tested ranged from 2 to 7 percent between 1991 and 1994. In 1997, 3 percent of STD clinic patients tested in an unspecified site were HIV positive.