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Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2009 Final Report. Central Bureau of Statistics DPR Korea and UNICEF (2010)

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS 2009) was carried out in 2009 by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) of DPR Korea with financial and technical support from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

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Analysis of the Situation of Children and Women in DPR Korea. UNICEF (2006)

This analysis is meant to further the understanding of the situation of children and women in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). We hope that it will serve as a resource for informing the policies and responses of both the government and the international community involved in protecting and promoting the rights and improving the lives of children and women. As the basis for UNICEF’s work in the country, this analysis is meant to illuminate and expound on the linkages between the prevailing conditions that impact on the situation of women and children.

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DPR Korea: Young People and HIV/AIDS- Fact Sheet. WHO (2006)

There is no recent data available on the HIV/AIDS situation in the country. There is little or no knowledge on sexual behavioural patterns and the prevalence of other sexually transmitted infection among young people in the country. However, risk factors for HIV/AIDS exist in DPR Korea. Poor injection practices and low quality of blood transfusion services along with increasing cross border travel between DPRK and China, a country with a growing rate of HIV infections, heightens the risk of potential exposure to HIV/AIDS in DPR Korea.

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Update on WHO in DPR Korea. WHO (2003)

WHO as been present in DPRK since 1997, initially as a WHO Emergency and Humanitarian Action office. With the establishment of a permanent office in Pyongyang in 2001, WHO has consolidated its presence in the country and is involved in all aspects of health through its regular program and through projects funded under the United Nation’s Consolidated Interagency Appeal and other funding mechanisms.

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Country Profile

As of 2007, DPRK had an estimated population of 24 million, of which 24% are young people aged 10-24 years. UNAIDS 2006 report estimated that fewer than 100 pregnant women are living with HIV & AIDS in the country [1].

There is little or no knowledge on sexual behavioural patterns and the prevalence of other sexually transmitted infection amongst young people in DPRK. However, risk factors for HIV & AIDS exist such as injection drug practices. The low quality of blood transfusion services along with increasing cross border travel between DPRK and China- a country with a high rate of HIV infections among injecting drug users could heighten the risk of exposure to HIV in the country.

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[1] UNAIDS/WHO unpublished estimates, 2007 cited by UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO in Children and AIDS: Country fact sheets, April 2008

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