Table 2

The number of newly diagnosed HIV cases by sex and transmission category, and AIDS cases by sex (National AIDS Programmes, 2010)

Male HIV casesMale AIDS casesFemale HIV casesFemale AIDS cases
IDUMSMHeterosexualMTCNot knownTotal HIVTotal AIDSIDUHeterosexualMTCNot knownTotal HIVTotal AIDS
Bahrain6080014NA02002NA
Egypt80398810109326NA06241783NA
Djibouti*005802078NA094920125NA
Iran1102010224116134441419219223129171
Jordan0090097030030
Kuwait0080083020022
Lebanon†0111001822030034
Morocco‡613112861582840136220161187
Oman117201306919030218505
Qatar0010014000002
Palestine0000000000000
Saudi Arabia22289319330944030443779
SomaliaNANANANANA274NANANANANA391NA
SudanNANANANANA118960NANANANA81765
Syria§031501211902112254
Tunisia501219277016201813
United Arab Emirates11001921NA00044NA
Yemen¶02089845164801501137237
  • *In Djibouti, there are two female cases whose mode of transmission was categorised as being due to the receipt of blood or blood products.

  • †In Lebanon, there are six male HIV cases whose mode of transmission was categorised as ‘bisexual’.

  • ‡In Morocco, three HIV cases in men and one in women had nosocomial mode of transmission reported; in two female HIV cases receiving blood products was reported as a mode of transmission; 10 male HIV cases had a bisexual mode of transmission reported.

  • §In Syria, in two HIV cases in men and one case in women HIV transmission was reported as being due to the receipt of blood or blood products.

  • ¶In Yemen, in two HIV cases in men and seven cases in women HIV transmission was reported as being due to the receipt of blood or blood products.

  • IDU, injecting drug use; MSM, men who have sex with men; MTC, mother-to-child transmission; NA, not available.