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Review in slides Bangladesh

2. Content Basic socio-demographic indicators
HIV prevalence and epidemiological status ( )
Risk behaviors ( )
Vulnerability and HIV knowledge ( )
Economics of AIDS ( )
National Response ( )

3. Basic socio-demographic indicators
Total population (in thousands)
164,425 (2010) 1
Annual population growth rate
1.3% ( ) 1
Population aged (thousands)
91,888 (2008) 2
Percentage of population in urban areas
28% (2010) 3
Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 population)
21.4 (2008) 4
Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
54 (2007) 5
Human development index (HDI) - Rank/Value
129/0.469 (2010) 6
Life expectancy at birth (years)
66.9 (2010) 6
Adult literacy rate
55% (2005–2008) 6
Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education (%)
106 (2007) 4
GDP per capita
1,416 (2009) 4
Per capita total health expenditure (Int.$)
42 (2007) 5
Source: 1. UN Statistics Division 2010:
2. UN Population Division - Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, Population Database
3. UNFPA The State of World Population 2010
4. World Bank World Development Indicators & Global Development Finace ;
5. WHO World Health Statistics 2010
6. UNDP Human Development Report 2010

4. Vulnerability and HIV knowledge

5. % of key affected populations who had comprehensive HIV knowledge, 2006-07
Source: Prepared by based on Bangladesh_National AIDS/STD Programme (NASP), Behavioral Surveillance Survey _cited in UNGASS Country Progress Report, 2010

6. % of key affected populations who had comprehensive HIV knowledge by age group, 2006-07
Source: Prepared by based on Bangladesh_National AIDS/STD Programme (NASP), Behavioral Surveillance Survey _cited in UNGASS Country Progress Report, 2010

7. % of key affected populations who had comprehensive HIV knowledge, 2003-04 and 2006-07
Source: Prepared by based on Bangladesh_National AIDS/STD Programme (NASP), Behavioral Surveillance Surveys and cited in UNGASS country progress report, 2010

8. % of key affected populations and populations at higher risk with comprehensive knowledge, 2003-2005
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV&AIDS: Percentage of people who both correctly identify ways of HIV preventing and who reject major misconceptions (UNGASS definition)
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS, UNGASS Country Report, Bangladesh, 2005

9. % of people aged 15-24 with comprehensive HIV knowledge, 2007
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV&AIDS: Percentage of people who both correctly identify ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV and who reject major misconceptions (UNGASS definition)
Source: Prepared by based on UNAIDS, UNGASS Country Report Bangladesh January 2006 to December 2007

10. % of young people (15-24) with comprehensive HIV knowledge by gender, 2005 and 2008
Source: Prepared by based on Bangladesh_National baseline HIV/AIDS survey among youth, 2005 and National endline HIV/AIDS survey among youth, 2008 cited in UNGASS Country Progress Report, 2010

11. % of ever married women and men with comprehensive HIV knowledge, 2007
Source: Prepared by based on Demographic and Health Survey, 2007

12. % of ever married women and men with comprehensive HIV knowledge by residence and division, 2007
Source: Prepared by based on Demographic and Health Survey, 2007

13. % of ever-married women and men with comprehensive HIV knowledge by level of education and wealth quintile, 2007
Source: Prepared by based on Demographic and Health Survey, 2007

14. % of ever-married women and men who knew all 3 means of HIV prevention by residence & division, 2007
Source: Prepared by based on Demographic and Health Survey, 2007

15. % of ever-married women and men who knew all 3 means of HIV prevention by level of education and wealth quintile, 2007
Source: Prepared by based on Demographic and Health Survey, 2007

16. % of population 15-49 yrs with knowledge of HIV prevention, 2004
Source: Prepared by based on DHS Bangladesh, National Institute of Population and Training, 2004
* corresponds to age yrs

17. % of population 15-49 yrs, who have heard of HIV & AIDS, 1996-2004
Source: Prepared by based on DHS Bangladesh, National Institute of Population and Training,
; and 2004

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19. Vulnerability and HIV knowledge

20. % of most-at-risk populations with comprehensive knowledge, 2005 vs
Comprehensive knowledge of HIV&AIDS: Percentage of people who both correctly identify ways of preventing
the sexual transmission of HIV and who reject major misconceptions (UNGASS definition)
Source: 1. UNAIDS, UNGASS Country Report Bangladesh January 2006 to December 2007
2. UNAIDS, Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2006

21. % of population 15-49 yrs, who know a healthy-looking person can have HIV & AIDS, 2004
Source: Prepared by based on DHS Bangladesh, National Institute of Population and Training, 2004

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