| Women
and Girls and HIV in Ethiopia |
| Indicator |
Value |
Percentage |
Source |
| Number of People Living With HIV/AIDS (est.
2003) |
1,474,758 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Women Living With HIV (est. 2003) |
817,000 |
54.5% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of New HIV infections (est. 2003) |
231,415 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Women with New HIV infection
(est. 2003) |
124,000 |
53.7% |
MOH (2004) |
| Total HIV Prevalence Rate (%. est. 2003) |
4.4% |
|
MOH (2004) |
| HIV Prevalence Amongst Men (%, est.
2003) |
3.8% |
|
MOH (2004) |
| HIV Prevalence Among Women (%, est. 2003) |
5.0% |
|
MOH (2004) |
| HIV Positive Pregnancies (est. 2003) |
128,122 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| HIV Positive Births (est. 2003) |
34,875 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| HIV Positive Births that were Girls |
17,000 |
49% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Children 0-15 Living with HIV/AIDS
(est. 2003) |
96,000 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Girls 0-15 Living with HIV/AIDS
(est. 2003) |
48,000 |
50% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of New AIDS Cases (est. 2003) |
122,697 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of AIDS Cases in Women (est. 2003) |
65,000 |
53% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of AIDS Deaths (est. 2003) |
114,690 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of AIDS Deaths amongst Women (est.
2003) |
61,000 |
53% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of People Living with HIV Newly
Requiring ART (est. 2003) |
245,394 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Women Living with HIV Newly Requiring
ART (est. 2003) |
130,000 |
53% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Children Newly Requiring ART
(est. 2003) |
50,000 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of Children Newly Requiring ART
that were Girls (est. 2003) |
24,000 |
48% |
MOH (2004) |
| Number of AIDS Orphans (%, est. 2003) |
538,674 |
|
MOH (2004) |
| Number of AIDS Orphans that were Girls
(%, est. 2003) |
269,500 |
50% |
MOH (2004) |
Ethiopia Ministry
of Health, Disease Prevention and Control Department. 2004.
AIDS in Ethiopia. 5th Edition. Addis Ababa: Ministry of
Health. |
