Health
Immunisation 2006; 1-year-old children immunised against tuberculosis
(TB) – corresponding vaccines: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
94 per cent
Immunisation 2006; 1-year-old children immunised against diphtheria,
pertussis and tetanus (DPT) – corresponding vaccines: DPT3
90 per cent
Immunisation 2006; 1-year-old children immunised against polio
– corresponding vaccines: oral polio vaccine (OPV3)
90 per cent
Immunisation 2006; 1-year-old children immunised against measles
– corresponding vaccines: measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
78 per cent
Immunisation 2006; 1-year-old children immunised against hepatitis B
– corresponding vaccines: HepB3
90 per cent
Immunisation 2006; per cent newborns protected against tetanus
76 per cent
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome (AIDS)
Estimated adult HIV prevalence rate (aged 15–49, end 2005)
23.2 per cent
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV (thousands, 2005
estimate)
270,273
Mother-to-child transmission; estimated number of women living with HIV
(thousands, aged 15+, 2005)
153,581
Mother-to-child transmission; HIV prevalence rate in young pregnant women
in capital city (median, aged 15–49)
25.7 per cent
Prevention among young people: HIV prevalence among young people (aged
15–24, 2005)
Male
Female
6 per cent
15.4 per cent
Prevention among young people: per cent who have comprehensive
knowledge of HIV (2000–2006)
Male
Female
18.4 per cent
25.8 per cent
Prevention among young people: per cent who used a condom during last
high-risk sex (2000–2006)
Male
Female
47.6 per cent
50.1 per cent
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