The largest decreases in hiv prevalence were observed among pregnant women aged 1519 and 2024 years. An examination of hiv care and treatment and family planning study team fhi 360 conducted this research in collaboration with the following study sites. Aside from the overall prevalence rates, we also highlight what we feel are important facets of the results. By the end of 2002, over 29 million people in subsaharan africa. According to 2004 estimates by the ministry of health, the hiv adult revalence rate in zambia stood at 19. Trends in hiv prevalence among pregnant women in lusaka. The high prevalence of hiv related illness in zambia has seriously overburdened the health care system at all levels, accentuating the burden on a thinly stretched workforce whose numbers are also diminishing due to hiv aids. Provincial aids coordination advisor emmanuel chama disclosed this during a meeting in chipata on the national hiv aids strategic framework for 2017 to 2021.
Prevalence of hiv, total % of population ages 1549 data. Life expectancy among people living with hiv has improved signi. The rural districts are less affected than the urban ones 6, 11. To estimate the adult prevalence of hiv among the adult population in zambia and. This corresponds to approximately 980,000 people living with hiv plhiv ages 15 to 59 years in zambia. Mapping the 2014 zdhs hivaids prevalence rates in zambia. Arthur davison childrens hospital ndola central hospital kitwe central hospital. Pdf the epidemiology of hiv infection in zambia researchgate. C 2018 trends in hiv prevalence among pregnant women in lusaka province, zambia 19942008. In 2018 alone, 510,000 300,000740,000 young people between the ages of 10 to 24 were newly infected with hiv, of whom 190,000 59,000380,000 were adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19. Prevalence of viral load suppression vls among hiv positive adults ages 15 to 64 years in zimbabwe is 60. Contrasting hiv prevalence trends among young women and men.
Besides demographic and epidemiological hiv data, these profiles also include information on countrys hiv policies and plans. It is the leading cause of death among adults aged 15 years and older in zambia with estimates of about 20% of adult deaths attributed to hiv 10. The situation is further exacerbated by the emigration of skilled health. Prevalence of hiv, total % of population ages 1549 from the world bank. Pdf trends and determinants of hiv prevalence in zambia. A cross sectional population based survey to asses hiv status among participants aged 15 years and above in a national tuberculosis prevalence survey. Lusaka and western provinces have highest hiv aids prevalence in zambia, currently standing at 16. In urban areas, hiv prevalence among women declined from 15. Tuberculosis burden in southern province, zambia, 2004 to. Male and female prevalence patterns also differ substantially. Although the epidemic is showing signs of stabilisation in urban areas, the rates continue to rise in. Standing committee on hiv and aids the university of zambia recognizes the impact of hiv and. Trends and determinants of hiv prevalence in zambia. Zambia is experiencing a generalized hiv aids epidemic, with a national hiv prevalence rate of 17% among adults ages 15 to 49.
Hiv prevalence in adults gradually decreased from 16. Hiv and aids in zambia key points prevalence among adults in zambia has changed little over the last decade despite decreasing infection rates. Adolescents and young people represent a growing share of people living with hiv worldwide. Zambias hiv prevalence ranks 9th on cia world factbook. The 2004 mdhs indicates that 12 percent of the population age 1549 in malawi is living with hiv aids table 12. Zambia is ranked 7th in the world with the hiv prevalence rate at 11.
Mapping hiv prevalence in subsaharan africa between 2000. Prevalence peaks at 19 percent for women and men age 30 34, 18 percent for women and 20 percent for men. Other resources for international hiv and aids statistics. Presidents emergency plan for aids relief pepfar to deliver antiretroviral therapy to 693,599 zambians. This indicates that 100 per cent of all health facilities in zambia provided hiv counseling and testing services from a combined total of 1,800 hiv counseling and. According to national hiv aids strategic framework 20172021 report, at the bottom is muchinga province at 5.
In zambia, the hiv epidemic is one of the countrys major public health problems. Ninety percent of new hiv infections in zambia are driven by structural and biomedical factors such as multiple. Hiv aids is a leading cause of disease burden in subsaharan africa. Southern province is equally affected by hiv with a prevalence of 14. Contrasting hiv prevalence trends among young women and. To estimate the adult prevalence of hiv among the adult population in zambia and determine whether demographic characteristics were associated with being hiv positive. The central board of health of zambia reported that 43 964 people were receiving arv therapy through the public sector in november 2005. Syphilis treatment response among hivdiscordant couples. For key populations, pepfar zambia undertook a size estimate exercise which estimated the population of msm to be 67,264 with a prevalence rate of 17.
Zambian hiv rate prevalence rate reduces dr chilufya. Whounaids will provide updated hiv aids estimates in may 2006. Zambia demographic and health survey 2014 central statistical office lusaka, zambia ministry of health lusaka, zambia university of zambia teaching hospital, virology laboratory lusaka, zambia university of zambia department of population studies lusaka, zambia tropical diseases research centre ndola, zambia the dhs program icf international. Hivaids data from the 2007 zambia demographic and health survey. Data on hiv serostatus were collected in the 2001 zambia demographic and health survey zdhs and made available in a separate data file in which hiv status was linked to a very limited set of. Hivaids centre for infectious disease research in zambia. Hiv, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in zambia article in journal of global infectious diseases 33. The zimbabwean situation and trends duri kerina1, straypedersen babill2, muller f3. Africas orphaned generations 9 subsaharan africa has been worst hit by hiv aids although hiv aids has reached almost every part of the world, no other region has been harder hit than subsaharan africa, home to nearly three quarters of the worlds people living with hiv aids. Zambia population hiv impact assessment zamphia first populationbased survey in zambia to measure national hiv incidence, pediatric and adult hiv prevalence and viral load suppression.
Art coverage among children living with hiv clhiv less than 15 years of age is 72%. Since the first diagnosed case of aids in zambia in 1984, hiv aids has become increasingly wide spread with an estimated adult hiv prevalence of 14 percent in rural areas and 28 percent in urban areas in the 1549 year old age group. The who country profiles provide an overview of latest available data on the hiv epidemic in low and middleincome countries as of 2018. Between the 2004 and 200607 anc surveillance surveys, 15 anc sites 71% showed a decrease in hiv prevalence and 6 anc sites 29% showed an increase. Zambia has a generalised hiv epidemic fuelled by structural factors, gender and social norms, unequal distribution of wealth, and unemployment. Today zambia has a generalized hivaids epidemic that appears to be stabilizing. Existing evidence has demonstrated that there is substantial local variation in the prevalence of hiv. Hiv testing is an essential gateway to hiv prevention, treatment, care and support services. Hiv prevalence was lower than previously estimated in the country. Foreword it is now over thirty years since the hiv and aids epidemic emerged in zambia. The total area of crops planted during 2014 in the province was 391,593. In the present study, hiv survey data from selected urban and rural neighbourhoods in zambia were reanalysed using multilevel modelling techniques to investigate the relationship between hiv prevalence and educational attainment at both the neighbourhood and individual levels.
The most affected are the reproductive age group, 15 to 49 years. This strategic plan is the fourth since 2002, when the first plan was developed by the. In lusaka, where the university of zambia is located, the prevalence rate of hiv among females stood at 25% and that of males at 19%. In lusaka, where the university of zambia is located, the prevalence rate of hiv among females stood at 25% and that of males at 19 %. The government of zambia has responded positively to this challenge by using the preventiontocare continuum in the fight against hiv.
Zambia continues to face the hiv epidemic with the latest hiv prevalence estimated at. Hiv treatment access is key to the global effort to end aids as. Hiv prevalence by socioeconomic characteristics and tb status 75 table 26. Other regions significantly affected by hiv and aids include asia and the pacific, latin america and the caribbean, and eastern europe and central asia. Human immunodeficiency virus infection can contribute to reduced maternal and child population based health outcomes. Lusaka and copperbelt have the first and second highest prevalence of aids hiv marginal odds ratios of 3. Today, we are sharing visual output of maps showing regional hiv aids prevalence rates in zambia.
In zambia during 2009, hiv prevalence was approximately 14. Prevalence of hiv among adults ages 15 to 59 years in zambia is 12. However, the cia rankings of april, 2017 had zambia on 7th position with an hiv aids prevalence rate of 12. However, the hiv disease burden is in zambia is also among the highest globally. For biological and socioeconomic reasons, women are in general at a higher risk of hiv infection than men. Hivaids and poverty are linked globally at global level, crosscountry evidence indicates strong and significant associations between hiv prevalence and aspects of socioeconomic performance. Speaking about the listing of top diseases in zambia. Health minister chitalu chilufya says zambia has recorded progress in the reduction of hiv prevalence rate to 11. Zimbabwe borders zambia, mozambique, botswana and south african to the, north. Hiv seroprevalence information among antenatal clinic attendees is available since the mid1980s from zambia. Hiv prevalence among women is higher for women than for men percent compared with 10 percent. Cdcs global hiv website explains what cdc is doing in countries where hiv and aids have had great impact.
Hiv prevalence among antenatal women tested in the major urban areas increased from 5 percent in 1985 to 27 percent in 1992 and remained at that level through 2002. Data learn how the world bank group is helping countries with covid19 coronavirus. Hiv, hepatitis b, and hepatitis c in zambia request pdf. In 2016, the zambian government partnered with the u. Counselling was offered to participants who tested for hiv. According to current estimates from the joint united nations programme on hiv aids unaids, adult hiv prevalence is 12. In general, the higher the level of hiv, the lower the level of economic. Zambia country profile centers for disease control and. In rwanda, hiv prevalence was approximately 3% in 2005, and syphilis prevalence had been reported in up to 18% of patients with genital ulcers 10, 11. Furthermore, findings that zambias overall national hiv prevalence decline masks some. Zambia is ranked 9th by the cias world factbooks demographics of people living with hiv aids last updated on january 1. Pepfar zambia country operational plan 2019 strategic.