12. Spratt,K. HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infectious (STIs) in the West Bank and Gaza. USAID, 2000: 14pp.

This specialized assessment on HIV/AIDS and STIs was done, as part of the USAID mission in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Cases of HIV/ AIDS have been reported from most countries in the region, including the West Bank and Gaza. Fifty cases of HIV have been detected in the West Bank and Gaza between 1998-1999. The chief epidemiologist for the West Bank reported that all cases have been among Palestinians returning to Palestine from other Arab and Western countries. The overall prevalence is approximately 1.6 per 100,000. As of February 2000, 33 cases of AIDS and 11 HIV-positive persons are registered in the West Bank and Gaza.