Bhutan Info

1	Medical screening	165
2	ANC	62
3	Blood Donor Screening	36
4	Survey	44
5	Construction site screening	25
6	Contact Tracing	201
7	Voluntary Testing	154
TOTAL		687

Table 2: Occupational backgrounds at the time of detection

Occupation	No. of cases detected
Corporate employees	34
Drivers	67
Farmers	147
Civil servants	34
Housewives*	159
Private/Business	115
Armed forces	38
Religious body	13
Sex Workers	12
Students/Trainees	10
Prisoner	03
Unemployed	16
Local Govt	01
Minor	38
Grand Total	687

* Housewives: Who are married living with their male spouse at the time of detection and does show some dependence on the livelihood to their spouses is reflected as occupation at the initial stage of their registration at the time of detection

Table 3: Mode of Transmission

Sexual Route	642
Mother to Child	38
Intravenous Drug use (Probable)	3
Blood Transfusion (outside?)	3
Other	1
Total	687

Table 4: Distribution by sex

1	Male	359
2	Female	328
	Total	687

 Table 5: Distribution by Age

Age Groups	Male	Female	Total
< 5 years	9	20	29
6-14 years	4	6	10
15-19 years	4	11	15
20-24 years	33	56	89
25-29 years	73	82	155
30-39 years	138	88	226
40-49 years	58	43	101
50+	40	22	62
Total	359	328	687

85.2% of the cases are within the age range of 15-49 years

 

Total people living with HIV/AIDS:

a) Total PLHAs put on ART                                                                 – 555

1.  Total died on ART                                                              – 57
2. Total living on ART                                                             – 498

b) Bhutanese national living outside with HIV/AIDS                       – 01

c) Non Bhutanese went back to their country                                  – 31

d) Total death (including four non Bhutanese)                               – 133

Total people living with HIV/AIDS in the country                           – 522