IMPORTANT NEW DATA RELEASED REGARDING PEOPLE NEEDING ARV TREATMENT
Author:
Bernard Rivers
Article Type:Article Number: 1
ABSTRACT Until recently, there was no publicly available data regarding how many people within each country need ARV treatment, or regarding how many of those people are receiving it. However, this information, with much other health data, is now available at www.GlobalHealthFacts.org.
Until recently, there was no publicly available data regarding how many people within each country need ARV treatment, or regarding how many of those people are receiving it. (Such information was available at a global level but not at a country level.) This made it hard to determine which countries are most in need of “scaling up” regarding the provision of ARV treatment, through Global Fund support or otherwise.
However, this specific information, along with much other health data, is now available at www.GlobalHealthFacts.org. This helpful site was created by the Kaiser Family Foundation, and is based upon data compiled by a number of international organizations. The value of the site is that all the data has been pulled together and can be accessed through a simple interface.
In the table below, we give examples of the forms of data that the site provides regarding a sample country, Kenya.
There are two ways in which users can see the data shown below. The first option is to go to www.GlobalHealthFacts.org/factsheets_custom.jsp and specify which country and which indicators one wants to see. The second option is to go to www.aidspan.org/grants (note: Aidspan is publisher of GFO) and specify which country one wants to see, and then choose the option for “Country-Specific Data Sheet on HIV, TB and malaria from www.GlobalHealthFacts.org“. In the latter case, one doesn’t have to choose indicators – the table shows all indicators. In both cases, one can then download the data to a spreadsheet or to a PDF file.
|
Indicator (Data regarding each indicator is provided at www.GlobalHealthFacts.org for all countries in the world) |
As of |
Data for Kenya (This is provided to illustrate what is available for any country) |
| HIV/AIDS |
|
|
| People Living with HIV/AIDS |
2007 |
1,500,000-2,000,000 |
| Adults Living with HIV/AIDS |
2007 |
1,400,000-1,800,000 |
| Adult HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate |
2007 |
7.1-8.5% |
| Men Living with HIV/AIDS |
|
NA |
| Women Living with HIV/AIDS |
|
NA |
| Children Living with HIV/AIDS |
2007 |
130,000-180,000 |
| AIDS Deaths [annual] |
2007 |
85,000-130,000 |
| AIDS Orphans |
2007 |
990,000-1,400,000 |
| ARV Need [i.e. people needing treatment – many of whom do not know they have HIV] |
2007 |
470,000 |
| ARV Treatment [i.e. people receiving treatment] |
Dec. 2007 |
177,000 |
| ARV Coverage Rate |
Dec. 2007 |
38% |
| TB |
|
|
| New TB Cases |
2006 |
140,548 |
| New TB Smear Positive Cases |
2006 |
55,934 |
| New TB Case Rate |
2006 |
384 per 100,000 |
| TB Smear Positive Case Rate |
2006 |
153 per 100,000 |
| People living with TB |
2006 |
122,126 |
| TB Prevalence Rate |
2006 |
334 per 100,000 |
| TB Deaths (annual) |
2006 |
26,278 |
| [Plus 11 more indicators] |
|
|
| Malaria |
|
|
| Malaria Cases |
2002 |
124,197 |
| Malaria Case Rate |
2002 |
3.94 per 1,000 |
| Malaria Deaths [annual] |
2002 |
135 |
| Other Diseases, Conditions, & Risk Indicators |
|
|
| Percent Without Water |
2004 |
39% |
| Access to Sanitation |
2004 |
43% |
| Population Undernourished |
2001-2003 |
31% |
| Low Birthweight Babies |
NA |
10% |
| [Plus 5 more indicators] |
|
|
| Programs, Funding, & Financing |
|
|
| PEPFAR Funding |
FY 2007 |
$368,129,182 |
| PEPFAR ARV Treatment [i.e. people receiving ARV treatment that is funded in part by PEPFAR] |
31-Mar-08 |
192,100 |
| Global Fund Grants for HIV/AIDS |
21-Jul-08 |
Yes |
| Global Fund Grants for TB |
21-Jul-08 |
Yes |
| Global Fund Grants for Malaria |
21-Jul-08 |
Yes |
| Global Fund Disbursements |
21-Jul-08 |
$160,144,081 |
| Global Fund ARV Treatment [i.e. people receiving ARV treatment that is funded in part by the Global Fund] |
01-Dec-07 |
166,379 |
| Health Expenditure Per Capita |
2003 |
$65 |
| Total Expenditure on Health [as % of GDP] |
2004 |
4.1% |
| Gov’t Health Expenditure as % of Total Gov’t Expenditure |
2004 |
8.2% |
| Gov’t Health Expenditure as % of Total Health Expenditure |
2004 |
42.7% |
| [Plus 5 more indicators] |
|
|
| Health Workforce & Capacity |
|
|
| Physicians |
2002 |
0.14 per 1,000 |
| Nurses |
2002 |
1.18 per 1,000 |
| Community Health Workers |
|
NA |
| Midwives |
|
NA |
| Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel |
2003 |
42% |
| Hospital Beds |
2002 |
19 per 10,000 |
| Demography & Population |
|
|
| Population |
2007 |
36,913,721 |
| Women |
2005 |
16,600,000 |
| Median Age |
2007 |
18.6 |
| Population Under Age 15 |
2007 |
42% |
| [Plus 18 more indicators] |
|
|
| Income & The Economy |
|
|
| GDP Per Capita |
2006 est. |
$1,200 |
| Population Below $1 a Day |
1997 |
22.8% |
| [Plus 2 more indicators] |
|
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Notes:
- The data provided at www.GlobalHealthFacts.org is obtained by the Kaiser Family Foundation from UN and other international entities.
- Explanatory comments in square brackets above are provided by GFO.
- Another source of data on each country is the WHO’s epidemiological facts sheets on HIV/AIDS, accessible at www.who.int/GlobalAtlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/index.asp. Access to these fact sheets is also provided via www.aidspan.org/grants.
