HIV and AIDS Prevention
Towards achieving equitable HIV prevention and treatment interventions for children, pregnant women and adolescents
Challenges
Namibia is one of the countries in southern Africa with a high burden of HIV with an adult prevalence rate of 12.8 per cent. There are approximately 185,000 people living with HIV, of whom 9,000 are children (NAMPHIA, 2017).
As per the 2018 HIV estimates report, Namibia has improved the PMTCT coverage from 88 per cent in 2010 to 99 per cent in 2017. During the same period, transmission rates have reduced from 14 per cent (2010) to 6 percent in 2017.
Namibia has approximately 185,000 people living with HIV, of whom 9,000 are children
Solutions
Notable results have been realised towards the UNAIDS targets where women in Namibia have achieved the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals, and the country has surpassed the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target for viral load suppression at an average of 73 percent.
UNICEF focuses on three areas to eliminate HIV and AIDS:
- Ending mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- Testing and treating children and adolescents and retaining them in care
- Preventing the spread of HIV among adolescents