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Status of HIV epidemic control among adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years - seven African countries, 2015-2017
Brown K , Williams DB , Kinchen S , Saito S , Radin E , Patel H , Low A , Delgado S , Mugurungi O , Musuka G , Tippett Barr BA , Nwankwo-Igomu EA , Ruangtragool L , Hakim AJ , Kalua T , Nyirenda R , Chipungu G , Auld A , Kim E , Payne D , Wadonda-Kabondo N , West C , Brennan E , Deutsch B , Worku A , Jonnalagadda S , Mulenga LB , Dzekedzeke K , Barradas DT , Cai H , Gupta S , Kamocha S , Riggs MA , Sachathep K , Kirungi W , Musinguzi J , Opio A , Biraro S , Bancroft E , Galbraith J , Kiyingi H , Farahani M , Hladik W , Nyangoma E , Ginindza C , Masangane Z , Mhlanga F , Mnisi Z , Munyaradzi P , Zwane A , Burke S , Kayigamba FB , Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H , Sahabo R , Ao TT , Draghi C , Ryan C , Philip NM , Mosha F , Mulokozi A , Ntigiti P , Ramadhani AA , Somi GR , Makafu C , Mugisha V , Zelothe J , Lavilla K , Lowrance DW , Mdodo R , Gummerson E , Stupp P , Thin K , Frederix K , Davia S , Schwitters AM , McCracken SD , Duong YT , Hoos D , Parekh B , Justman JE , Voetsch AC . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018 67 (1) 29-32 In 2016, an estimated 1.5 million females aged 15-24 years were living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Eastern and Southern Africa, where the prevalence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women (3.4%) is more than double that for males in the same age range (1.6%) (1). Progress was assessed toward the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) 2020 targets for adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa (90% of those with HIV infection aware of their status, 90% of HIV-infected persons aware of their status on antiretroviral treatment [ART], and 90% of those on treatment virally suppressed [HIV viral load <1,000 HIV RNA copies/mL]) (2) using data from recent Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA) surveys in seven countries. The national prevalence of HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women aged 15-24 years, the percentage who were aware of their status, and among those persons who were aware, the percentage who had achieved viral suppression were calculated. The target for viral suppression among all persons with HIV infection is 73% (the product of 90% x 90% x 90%). Among all seven countries, the prevalence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women was 3.6%; among those in this group, 46.3% reported being aware of their HIV-positive status, and 45.0% were virally suppressed. Sustained efforts by national HIV and public health programs to diagnose HIV infection in adolescent girls and young women as early as possible to ensure rapid initiation of ART should help achieve epidemic control among adolescent girls and young women. |
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