Colombia

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HIV and AIDS Estimates

Adults and children living with HIV	120 000 [100 000 - 150 000]
Adults aged 15 and over living with HIV	120 000 [100 000 - 150 000]
Women aged 15 and over living with HIV	24 000 [21 000 - 28 000]
Men aged 15 and over living with HIV	98 000 [81 000 - 120 000]
Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV	<1000 [<1000 - 1000]
Adult aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.4 [0.3 - 0.5]
Women aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.2 [0.1 - 0.2]
Men aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.6 [0.5 - 0.8]
HIV prevalence among young women	<0.1 [<0.1 - <0.1]
HIV prevalence among young men	0.2 [0.1 - 0.4]
Adults and children newly infected with HIV	5600 [3900 - 7500]
Adults aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	5500 [3900 - 7500]
Women aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	<1000 [<500 - <1000]
Men aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	5000 [3500 - 6700]
Children aged 0 to 14 newly infected with HIV	<100 [<100 - <100]
HIV incidence per 1000 population (adults 15-49)	0.21 [0.16 - 0.27]
HIV incidence per 1000 population (all ages)	0.12 [0.08 - 0.16]
Adult and child deaths due to AIDS	2800 [1700 - 4100]
Deaths due to AIDS among adults aged 15 and over	2700 [1700 - 4000]
Deaths due to AIDS among women aged 15 and over	<500 [<500 - <1000]
Deaths due to AIDS among men aged 15 and over	2300 [1400 - 3400]
Deaths due to AIDS among children aged 0 to 14	<100 [<100 - <100]
Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17	45 000 [34 000 - 57 000]

HIV testing and treatment cascade

People living with HIV	120 000 [100 000 - 150 000]	Source: Spectrum
People living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads	45 000	Source: GAM; Viral load testing coverage: 86%
Percent of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads	36

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)

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Late HIV diagnosis [with the initial CD4 cell count <200 cells/ mm3] (%)	40
Late HIV diagnosis among adults aged 15 and over	40
Late HIV diagnosis among women	34
Late HIV diagnosis among men	42
Adults and children newly-initiating ART (#)	8669
Adults aged 15 and over newly-initiating ART	8593
Children aged 0-14 newly-initiating ART	76
Women newly-initiating ART	2145
Men newly-initiating ART	6524
Adults and children known to be on ART 12 months after starting (%)	...
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Children known to be on ART 12 months after starting	78

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission

Coverage of pregnant women who receive ARV for PMTCT (%)	>95 [85 - >95]
Pregnant women who received ARV for PMTCT (#)	830
Pregnant women needing ARV for PMTCT (#)	<1000 [<1000 - <1000]
Early infant diagnosis (%)	73 [62 - 87]
New HIV infections averted due to PMTCT (%)	<200 [<200 - <500]

Sex workers

Population size estimate (#)	7218	Coverage: Bogotá, Medellín, Barranquilla, Cali, Bucaramanga
HIV prevalence (%)	1.2	Source: Seroprevalence survey 2015-2016
Knowledge of HIV status (%)	90.6	Source: SW HIV Prevalence study 2015
Condom use (%)	94.7	Source: Estudio de comportamiento sexual y prevalencia de VIH en mujeres trabajadoras sexuales. Barrancabermeja, 2014
Active syphilis (%)	1.5	Represents female sex workers; Source: Behavioural Surveillance Survey, 2016

Men who have sex with men

Population size estimate (#)	545 042	Year of estimation: 2015 (ajustado con estudio realizado 2010)
HIV prevalence (%)	17	Source: Data provided through GAM 2016
Condom use (%)	17	Source: Special Study, 2016
Active syphilis (%)	24.1	Source: Behavioural Surveillance Survey, 2015-2016

People who inject drugs

Population size estimate (#)	15 062	Year of estimation: 2014;País, Medellín Cali Pereira Cúcuta Armenia Bogotá
HIV prevalence (%)	2.8	Source: Comportamiento de usuarios de drogas inyectadas en tres ciudades de Colombia, 2014.
Condom use (%)	35.8	Source: Comportamiento de usuarios de drogas inyectadas en tres ciudades de Colombia. Estudio CES 2014

Prisoners

Population size estimate (#)	180 009	Year of estimation: 2016
HIV prevalence (%)	1.4	Source: Estudio de seroprevalencia del VIH SIDA en el municipio de Barrancabermeja 2009- 2013

Transgender people

Population size estimate (#)	14 608	Year of estimation: 2015
HIV prevalence (%)	21.4	Source: Behavioural Surveillance Survey, 2015-2016
Condom use (%)	91.3

Combination prevention

Condom use at last high-risk sex among adults aged 15 to 49 (%)	70.5	Source: 2015 DHS
- Condom use at last high-risk sex among women aged 15 to 49 (%)
- Condom use at last high-risk sex among men aged 15 to 49 (%)	70.5	Source: 2015 DHS

Gender

Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence among women aged 15-49 (%)	37.4	Source: 2010 DHS
Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence among women aged 15-19 (%)	34	Source: 2010 DHS
Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence among women aged 20-24 (%)	36.5	Source: 2010 DHS
Prevalence of recent intimate partner violence among women aged 25-49 (%)	37.8	Source: 2010 DHS

Young people

Knowledge about HIV prevention among young people aged 15-24	30.2	Source: 2015 DHS
Knowledge about HIV prevention among young women aged 15-24	31.63	Source: 2015 DHS
Knowledge about HIV prevention among young men aged 15-24	28.52	Source: 2015 DHS

TB and HIV

Co-management of TB and HIV treatment (%)	46 [33 - 72]
Proportion of people living with HIV newly enrolled in HIV care with active TB disease (%)	13
Proportion of people living with HIV newly enrolled in HIV care started on TB preventive therapy (%)	14
Estimated TB-related deaths among people living with HIV (#)	<500 [<500 - <1000]