Skip to main content
. 2013 Feb 23;89(Suppl 3):iii11–iii16. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050849

Table 3.

The estimated quality of the HIV surveillance systems in the countries and the classification of the epidemic

Frequency Appropriateness Consistency Coverage Total scores Status of the epidemic
Afghanistan 6 0 1 1 8 C
Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 L
Djibouti 9 1 2 1 13 G
Egypt 6 1 1 1 9 C
Iran 16 1 2 2 21 C
Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 L
Jordan 8 1 0 0 9 L
Kuwait 0 0 0 0 0 L
Lybia 0 0 0 0 0 C
Lebanon 5 1 0 1 7 L
Morocco 14 1 2 2 19 C
Oman 1 0 0 0 1 C
Pakistan 9 1 2 2 14 C
Palestine 1 0 0 0 1 L
Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 L
Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 L
Somalia 6 1 1 1 9 G
South Sudan 2 1 1 1 5 G
Sudan 6 1 1 1 9 C
Syria 0 0 0 0 0 L
Tunisia 6 1 1 0 8 C
United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 L
Yemen 3 1 1 1 6 L

C, concentrated HIV epidemic; G, generalised HIV epidemic; L, low-level HIV epidemic.