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Table 2 Current paediatric HIV case rate in sub-Saharan African (SSA) Global Plan priority countries

From: What will it take for the Global Plan priority countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV?

 

Total Births Male+Female

Mothers needing PMTCT

% PMTCT coverage (Effective regimen 2010-2017)

%MTCT rate at 6 weeks

Final %MTCT rate including breastfeeding period

New HIV infections (0-14)

Paediatric HIV  case rate (new paediatric HIV infections/births * 100,000)

% change in new infections 2010 to 2017

Angola

1200000

21000 (15000-26000)

34 (24-42)

14.7 (13.3-16.2)

26.1 (24.4-27.8)

5500 (3700-7100)

455

18%

Botswana

50000

12000 (11000-14000)

90 (79-100)

2.8 (1.6-3.8)

5.0 (3.4-6.3)

610 (360-850)

1,214

-27%

Burundi

460000

4900 (3600-6100)

85 (61-105)

6.3 (4.4-8.6)

13.9 (10.9-17.6)

690 (400-1100)

150

-44%

Cameroon

840000

30000 (23000-36000)

77 (60-93)

8.7 (5.9-10.9)

15.1 (11.2-17.9)

4500 (2600-6300)

538

-36%

Chad

630000

7500 (5700-9200)

68 (52-83)

9.8 (6.5-11.8)

17.9 (13.1-20.5)

1300 (780-1900)

213

-32%

Cote dIvoire

870000

25000 (16000-36000)

70 (45-103)

7.8 (5.0-11.2)

15.5 (9.2-20.5)

3800 (1500-7500)

442

-43%

Democratic Republic of the Congo

3600000

23000 (17000-29000)

59 (44-74)

11.7 (7.2-14.5)

20.4 (14.2-24.0)

4800 (2500-7100)

134

-51%

Eswatini

30000

10000 (8700-11000)

90 (76-99)

2.7 (1.6-4.3)

8.3 (6.6-10.3)

850 (600-1200)

2,841

-54%

Ethiopia

3200000

26000 (17000-34000)

59 (39-78)

11.3 (7.2-16.3)

21.2 (14.9-26.3)

5500 (2600-8800)

172

-43%

Ghana

870000

18000 (14000-22000)

66 (49-79)

10.5 (7.1-12.6)

18.7 (14.7-21.3)

3400 (2000-4700)

391

-31%

Kenya

1400000

69000 (53000-83000)

76 (58-92)

6.4 (4.1-9.1)

11.5 (8.5-15.4)

8000 (4600-13000)

573

-41%

Lesotho

53000

12000 (10000-14000)

90 (76-99)

4.6 (4.1-5.2)

11.3 (1.03-12.3)

1400 (1200-1600)

2,633

-35%

Malawi

640000

55000 (45000-62000)

92 (75-105)

3.0 (1.4-4.2)

8.9 (6.6-11.0)

4900 (3000-6700)

758

-61%

Mozambique

1200000

120000 (91000-160000)

86 (64-109)

6.8 (4.4-9.9)

14.4 (11.1-17.6)

18000 (10000-27000)

1,447

-44%

Namibia

68000

10000 (8100-11000)

124 (101-139)

1.7 (1.5-1.8)

6.0 (5.4-6.7)

600 (510-680)

878

-52%

Nigeria

 South Africa

1200000

250000 (190000-300000)

106 (82-125)

1.7 (1.6-3.5)

5.3 (4.7-7.1)

13000 (11000-22000)

1,146

-49%

 Uganda

1600000

95000 (77000-110000)

112 (90-126)

4.2 (3.4-4.8)

7.9 (6.9-8.8)

7600 (6400-8600)

466

-57%

 United Republic of Tanzania

1800000

94000 (75000-110000)

85 (68-99)

5.9 (3.8-7.8)

12.2 (9.3-14.4)

11000 (7200-15000)

629

-27%

 Zambia

640000

71000 (60000-79000)

92 (78-103)

3.9 (3.3-4.4)

10.3 (8.6-11.9)

7300 (5400-9300)

1,137

-22%

 Zimbabwe

510000

63000 (51000-73000)

96 (77-109)

2.4 (1.9-2.8)

6.7 (4.6-8.8)

4300 (2400-6300)

837

-64%

  1. Calculated transmission rates, case rate and % change are based on unrounded numbers.
  2. Source: UNAIDS 2018 estimates: Mary Mahy. Available at www.aidsinfo.unaids.org *refers to multiplied by