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Country launches plan to fight HIV/AIDS
Due to the epidemic that affects 60,000 people in the DR, between the ages of 15 and 49, and has challenged the country's health care system, local and international health authorities have decided to launch the National Strategic Plan for the Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV/AIDS 2007-2015. Humberto Salazar, director of the Presidential AIDS Council (COPRESIDA) made the announcement at seminar and said that the first phase of the program is scheduled to be completed by May of this year. Niky Fabiancic, the United Nations representative in the Dominican Republic, explained that 13,000 people in the country have HIV/AIDS and only 6,000 people receive the necessary retroviral medications to help combat HIV/AIDS. Fabiancic says that though this is a challenge for the DR the situation has improved considering that two years ago no one was receiving the medication. He continued by saying that Haiti and the DR are taking the AIDS epidemic seriously. Health Minister Bautista Rojas added that inequality, poverty, limited sex education, and children engaging in sexual relations at an early age all contribute to the spreading of HIV/AIDS.

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General HIV/AIDS
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Adults and children living with HIV/AIDS
 2005 66,000 330,000 38,600,000 UNAIDS, 2006
Adults (ages 15+) living with HIV/AIDS
 2005 62,000 300,000 36,300,000 UNAIDS, 2006
Women (ages 15+) living with HIV/AIDS
 2005 31,000 160,000 17,300,000 UNAIDS, 2006
Children (ages 0-14) living with HIV/AIDS
 2005 3,600 22,000 2,300,000 UNAIDS, 2006
AIDS orphans currently living (ages 0-17) (I-1)
2005 nd nd 15,200,000 UNAIDS, 2006
Adults and child AIDS deaths
 2005 6,700 27,000 2,800,000 UNAIDS, 2006
Adults and children newly infected with HIV
 2005 nd 30,000 4,900,000 UNAIDS, 2005
nd = No data
HIV Prevalence
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Adult (ages 15-49) HIV prevalence
(%) 		2005 1.1 1.6 1.0 UNAIDS, 2006
HIV prevalence, female sex workers, capital city (I-2)
(median %) 		2004-2005 3.6 nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
HIV prevalence, injecting drug users, capital city (I-2)
(median %) 		2004-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
HIV prevalence, young pregnant women (ages 15-24), capital city (I-2)
(median %) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
HIV prevalence, men who have sex with men, capital city (I-2)
(median %) 		2004-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
nd = No data
HIV Knowledge and Behavior
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Had sex before age 15 (female, ages 15-24) (I-3)
(%) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Had sex before age 15 (male, ages 15-24) (I-3)
(%) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Reported higher-risk sex (female, ages 15-24) in the last year (I-4)
(%) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Reported higher-risk sex (male, ages 15-24) in the last year (I-4)
(%) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sex, of those who had higher-risk sex in the last year (female, ages 15-24) (I-5)
(%) 		2000-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Used a condom the last time they had higher-risk sex, of those who had higher-risk sex in the last year (male, ages 15-24) (I-5)
(%) 		2000-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Displayed comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge (female, ages 15-24) (I-6)
(%) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Displayed comprehensive HIV and AIDS knowledge (male, ages 15-24) (I-6)
(%) 		2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
nd = No data
Access to Care and Treatment
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Percent of adults receiving VCT in last year (I-7)
2003 1.2 0.3 nd WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Number of VCT clients per year (I-8)
2003 58,051 733,911 6,000,000 WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Number of VCT sites (I-8)
2003 85 5,063 nd WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Percent of pregnant women offered PMTCT services (I-9)
2003 37 34 8 WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Percent of HIV+ pregnant women receiving ARV prophylaxis (I-10)
2003-2005 nd nd nd UNAIDS, 2006
Number of sites offering PMTCT services (I-9)
2003 189 20,984 37,513 WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Estimated coverage of antiretroviral therapy (I-11)
(est. %) 		December 2005 17 68 20 WHO 3 by 5 Progress Report, 2006
Estimated number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy (I-12)
December 2005 2,500-3,000 315,000 1,330,000 WHO 3 by 5 Progress Report, 2006
Number of sites reported to provide antiretroviral therapy services (I-13)
September-December 2005 nd nd nd WHO 3 by 5 Progress Report, 2006
Coverage of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for adults (I-14)
(est. %) 		2003 2 21 nd WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Number of adults receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (I-15)
2003 300 29,794 190,000 WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Coverage of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for children (I-16)
(est. %) 		2003 10 3 nd WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Number of children receiving cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (I-15)
2003 218 1,156 28,000 WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Coverage of isoniazid prophylaxis for adults (I-14)
(est. %) 		2003 2 11 nd WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Number of adults receiving isoniazid prophylaxis (I-15)
2003 300 15,077 36,000 WHO Health Services Coverage, 2004
Percentage of population living in areas with DOTS coverage (I-17)
2004 79 nd 83 WHO TB Control Report, 2006
Number of TB cases registered for treatment under DOTS (I-18)
2003 1,883 nd 1,711,585 WHO TB Control Report, 2006
nd = No data
Human Development Indices
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Human development index (I-19)
(rank) 		2003 95 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Gini index (I-20)
47.4 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Gender-related development index (GDI) (I-21)
(rank) 		2003 74 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Gender-related development index (GDI) (I-22)
(value) 		2003 0.739 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) (I-23)
(rank) 		2003 45 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) (I-24)
(value) 		2003 0.527 nd nd UNDP, 2005
nd = No data
Mortality
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Life expectancy at birth (I-25)
(years) 		Various Years 68 69 67 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
Infant (Ages 0-1) mortality rate (I-26)
(per 1,000 live births) 		2004 27 26 54 UNICEF, 2006
Under-five mortality rate (I-27)
(per 1,000 live births) 		2004 32 31 79 UNICEF, 2006
Maternal mortality ratio (I-28)
(per 100,000 live births) 		2000 150 nd nd UNFPA, 2005
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (I-29)
(% of cohort) 		2000-2005 75.1 79.7 73.1 UNDP, 2005
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (I-29)
(% of cohort) 		2000-2005 60.8 68.2 64.5 UNDP, 2005
nd = No data
General Population
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Total population
(millions) 		mid-2005 8.9 39 6,477 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
Total projected population - 2025 (I-30)
(millions) 		2025 11.0 47 7,952 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
Total projected population - 2050 (I-30)
(millions) 		2050 13.3 54 9,262 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
Rate of natural increase (I-31)
(%) 		Various Years 1.7 1.1 1.2 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
Percent urban (I-32)
2005 64 65 47 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
nd = No data
Youth
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Population ages 10-24
(millions) 		2006 2.8 11 1,773 PRB Youth Data Sheet, 2006
Percent of total population ages 10-24
 2006 31 28 27 PRB Youth Data Sheet, 2006
Percent of total population under 15
 mid-2005 34 29 29 PRB Data Sheet, 2005
nd = No data
General Economy
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Gross national income (I-33)
(US$ per capita) 		2004 2,080 3,280 6,280 World Bank, 2005
Gross domestic product (I-34)
(US$, millions) 		2004 18,673 1,672,945 40,887,837 World Bank, 2005
nd = No data
Poverty
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Population below poverty line (I-35)
(%) 		1990-2002 28.6 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Population below US$1/day (I-36)
(%) 		1990-2003 <2 nd nd UNDP, 2005
nd = No data
General Health
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Health expenditure, private and public (I-37)
(US$ per capita) 		2002 295 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Physicians per 100,000 people (I-38)
1990-2004 188 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Births attended by skilled health staff (I-39)
(%) 		1995-2003 99 82 62 UNDP, 2005
Malaria cases per 100,000 people (I-40)
2000 6 nd nd UNDP, 2005
Prevalence of child (ages 0-5) malnutrition (I-41)
(%) 		1996-2004 5 7 26 UNICEF, 2006
TB treatment success rate, new smear-positive cases-DOTS (I-42)
(% of cases) 		2003 81 nd 82 WHO TB Control Report, 2006
nd = No data
Health Access
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Access to essential drugs (I-43)
(%) 		1999 50-79 nd nd UNDP, 2004
nd = No data
Vaccinations
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Child (ages 0-1) immunization rate, measles
(%) 		2004 79 92 76 UNICEF, 2006
Child (ages 0-1) immunization rate, DPT (I-44)
(%) 		2004 71 91 78 UNICEF, 2006
nd = No data
Fertility
Indicator Year Dominican Republic Caribbean (R-1) World Source
Total fertility rate (I-45)
(number of children) 		2005 2.64 2.42 2.6 UNFPA, 2005
Births per 1,000 women (ages 15-19) (I-46)
2005 91