Gabon
Accelerating the AIDS response in western and central Africa
Only 1.8 million people of the 6.5 million people living with HIV in western and central Africa were on antiretroviral therapy at the end of 2015.
Reaching out: HIV awareness campaigns at high schools in Gabon
HIV awareness events have been held at high schools in Ndende and Fougamou, Gabon. Sponsored by the Gabon Ministry of Health, the French embassy, the Pan African Organisation against AIDS and UNAIDS, the events attracted more than 3000 students, 500 of whom found out their HIV status.
Gervinho meets young people affected by HIV in Gabon ahead of CAN 2017
Travelling to Gabon to attend the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2017), Gervais Yao Kouassi (Gervinho), UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Youth and China–Africa Collaboration, visited the UNAIDS office in Libreville, Gabon, to meet some 50 children and young people living with or affected by HIV.
HIV and AIDS estimates (2015)
- Number of people living with HIV
- 47 000 [40 000 - 54 000]
- Adults aged 15 to 49 prevalence rate
- 3.8% [3.1% - 4.4%]
- Adults aged 15 and over living with HIV
- 44 000 [37 000 - 51 000]
- Women aged 15 and over living with HIV
- 30 000 [25 000 - 35 000]
- Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV
- 2600 [2200 - 3100]
- Deaths due to AIDS
- 1300 [<1000 - 1600]
- Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17
- 16 000 [12 000 - 19 000]
Gabon Contacts
Inge TackUNAIDS country coordinator
Telephone: +241 73 88 87/90
Fax: +241 73 88 91
Email: TackI@unaids.org