Mali
Mali’s HIV epidemic, with an estimated adult
prevalence of 1.3 percent based on the 2006
Demographic and Health Survey, is
considered to be generalized, although relatively
small for the West Africa region. Mali’s first case of
HIV was reported in 1985, and for awhile, the
epidemic appeared to have stabilized. The most
recent data for Mali, collected during a 2006 DHS,
indicate a possible decline in the epidemic. Adult
national HIV prevalence was estimated at 1.3
percent in 2006, lower than that recorded in a
similar survey in 2001, when adult national HIV
prevalence was estimated at 1.7 percent (2 percent
among women and 1.3 percent among men). Mortality is considered to
be a contributing factor to the decline in prevalence.
Recent USAID successes include training of more than 100 imams and numerous female Muslim community leaders in HIV
prevention, education, and advocacy. Through the Imam Outreach program, USAID has worked with the Malian League of
Imams and Scholars for Islamic Solidarity since 2003 to transmit prevention messages during Friday sermons in more than 140
mosques, reaching more than 450,000 people. USAID’s West Africa Regional Program also conducts HIV/AIDS activities in
Mali. Other work focusing on the military, which has been particularly impacted by HIV infection, includes educational events on
sexually transmitted infectinos/HIV transmission and prevention, as well as the opening of voluntary counseling and testing centers.
View the USAID
HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Mali - September 2008 [PDF,
105KB].
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