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close this bookEpidemiological Fact Sheet on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Sudan (UNAIDS, 2000, 12 p.)
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Reported AIDS cases

AIDS cases by year of reporting

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Total

Unkn

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

2

64

122

130

188

184

191

201

257

221

270

511

392

2735


Date of last report: 5-10-1999

Following WHO and UNAIDS recommendations, AIDS case reporting is carried out in most countries. Data from individual AIDS cases is aggregated at the national level and sent to WHO. However, case reports come from surveillance systems of varying quality. Reporting rates vary substantially from country to country and low reporting rates are common in developing countries due to weaknesses in the health care and epidemiological systems. In addition, countries use different AIDS case definitions. A main disadvantage of AIDS case reporting is that it only provides information on transmission patterns and levels of infection approximately 5-10 years in the past, limiting its usefulness for monitoring recent HIV infections.

Despite these caveats, AIDS case reporting remains an important advocacy tool and is useful in estimating the burden of HIV-related morbidity as well as for short-term planning of health care services. AIDS case reports also provide information on the demographic and geographic characteristics of the affected population and on the relative importance of the various exposure risks. In some situations, AIDS reports can be used to estimate earlier HIV infection patterns using back-calculation. AIDS case reports and AIDS deaths have been dramatically reduced in industrialized countries with the introduction of HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy).

AIDS cases by mode of transmission

Hetero: Heterosexual contacts.

Homo/Bi: Homosexual contacts between men.

IDU: Injecting drug use. This transmission category also includes cases in which other high-risk behaviours were reported, in addition to injection of drugs.

Blood: Blood and blood products.

Perinatal: Vertical transmission during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding.

NS: Not specified/unknown.

Sex

Trans. Group

<96

1996

1997

1998

1999

Unkn

Total

%

All

Total

1341

221

270

511

517


2860

100.0


Hetero

1308

220

238

499

502


2767

96.7


Homo/Bi

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


IDU

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


Blood

12

0

0

0

0


12

0.4


Perinatal

21

1

32

12

15


81

2.8


Other Known

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


Unknown

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0

Male

Total










Hetero










Homo/Bi










IDU










Blood










Perinatal










Other Known










Unknown









Female

Total










Hetero










IDU










Blood










Perinatal










Other Known










Unknown









NS

Total










Hetero










IDU










Blood










Perinatal










Other Known










Unknown









Aids cases by age and sex

Sex

Age

<96

1996

1997

1998

1999

Unkn.

Total

%

All

All

1341

221

270

511

517


2860

100.0


0-4

16

2

8

12

15


53

1.9


5-14

17

1

5

6

12


41

1.4


15-19

87

1

4

6

3


101

3.5


20-29

428

94

105

201

188


1016

35.5


30-39

572

85

95

184

209


1145

40.0


40-49

132

26

36

84

58


336

11.7


50+

42

12

17

18

32


121

4.2


NS

47

0

0

0

0


47

16

Male

All

976

147

180

379

360


2042

100.0


0-4

12

2

4

3

9


30

1.5


5-14

11

1

3

4

8


27

1.3


15-19

56

1

4

12

3


76

3.7


20-29

296

55

61

127

122


661

32.4


30-39

448

57

62

186

151


904

44.3


40-49

121

27

31

33

42


254

12.4


50+

28

4

15

14

25


86

4.2


NS

4

0

0

0

0


4

0.2

Female

All

320

74

90

132

157


773

100.0


0-4

3

1

1

4

6


15

1.9


5-14

5

2

1

1

4


13

1.7


15-19

19

1

1

0

0


21

2.7


20-29

140

35

36

56

66


333

43.1


30-39

123

21

38

55

58


295

38.2


40-49

23

8

9

12

16


68

8.8


50+

7

6

4

4

7


28

3.6


NS

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0

NS

All

45

0

0

0

0


45

100.0


0-4

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


5-14

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


15-19

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


20-29

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


30-39

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


40-49

0

0

0

0

0


0

0.0


50+

2

0

0

0

0


2

4.4


NS

43

0

0

0

0


43

95.6