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5th SAHARA Conference, 30 November-3 December 2009
Acceleration of HIV Prevention: Where are we?
I.Ntaganira, Regional adviser HIV Prevention, WHO Regional Office for Africa
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Outline
• Background information;• Actions taken;• Progress made• Issues and challenges • Way forward
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Resolution AFR/RC55/R6
• Adoption by the 56th Session of the Regional Committee;• Calling the 46 Member States to accelerate HIV
prevention;• Declaring 2006 the Year to launch acceleration of HIV
prevention
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Brazzaville, November 2005
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Addis Ababa, 11 April 2006
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Country actions
• 2006: Launch of acceleration of HIV prevention in all countries;
• Appointment of HIV prevention focal persons and establishment of HIV prevention task forces;
• Development of HIV prevention road maps;• multisectoral HIV/AIDS strategies and plans
(stronger component on HIV prevention);
• Resource mobilization (GFATM proposals with stronger focus on HIV prevention)
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Other actions
• Establishment of HIV prevention units within UN agencies
• Establishment of UN interagency technical teams on HIV prevention;
• Organization of regional think tank meetings with setting up of regional targets for HIV prevention;
• Organization of national summits on HIV prevention;
• Regional efforts to mobilize financial resources
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Progress made
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Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV
2008: 600,000 HIV positive
pregnant women
received ARV for PMTCT
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Ensuring Individuals know their HIV status
2007-2008
Total number of health facilities providing HTC
increased by 50%
More than 17 millions people aged 15 and above received HTC
services
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Male Circumcision for HIV prevention:Male Circumcision for HIV prevention:
Botswana, Burundi, Kenya, Lesotho,
Malawi, Mozambique,
Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa,
Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uganda, United Republic of
Tanzania,
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Trends in the Prevalence of Syphilis among ANC Women in Selected Countries in Southern Africa
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5th SAHARA Conference, 30 November-3 December 2009Towards Universal Access – Scaling up priority HIV/AIDS interventions in the health sector. WHO/UNAIDS/UNICEF, Sep 2009
Number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries,
by region, 2002–2008
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Issues and Challenges
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Knowledge of HIV status among HIV-infected persons
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►Large unmet desire for HIV testing among HIV-infected Kenyans(79%)
►Knowledge of partner status among HIV-infected Ugandans (9%)
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HIV status of spouses of HIV-infected persons in Kenya, DHS, 2003
►In Kenya, 50% of married HIV+ persons have an HIV-negative spouse
HIV DISCORDANT:
One partner positive, one partner negative: 50%CONCORDANT POSITIVE:
Both partners HIV-infected: 50%
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Sexual behavior of people living with HIV Kenya, Malawi, Uganda (%)
Kenya Malawi Uganda
Sexually active (last yr) 84 85 77
Of sexually active:One partner (last yr) 88 92 86
Used condom last sex 10 10 17
Used condom last sex with spouse
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Knowledge about HIV/AIDS
Country Comprehensive correct knowledge (15-49 year old)
Heard of HIV/AIDS (15-49 year old)
Male female Male Female
Benin 31.4% 13.8% 98.7% 94.2%
Ethiopia 30% 15.8% 96.5% 89.9%
Cameroon 32.2% 22.5% 99.2% 97.8%
Swaziland 51.4% 51.9% 99.3% 99.8%
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ART: Challenges
• Patients often tested at late stage of the disease;
• Patient retention on antiretroviral therapy• 75% at 12 months and • 67% at 24 months
• Late initiation of treatment – Botswana, average 67 cells per mm3 and 80 % of
patients at stages 3 and 4; – Province of Cape Town ( 23 % started treatment with
CD4 lower than 50 cells per mm3)
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Way forward: Going to scale
• District based programming;• Scale up HIV prevention along side treatment and care;• Implementation of combination HIV prevention which are
known to be working (enabling people living with HIV to know their status; PMTCT, ART, Male circumcision);
• Invest more financial in HIV prevention while addressing health systems bottlenecks;