Key results - HIV
Transmission of HIV from mother to child eliminated
951,000 counselling and testing encounters for HIV
Source: UNDP (2018)
766,000 counselling and testing encounters for HIV
Source: UNDP
83% know their status (2018)
72% people living with HIV on ART (2018)
Source: UNAIDS
95% retention on ART 12 months after commencing treatment (2017)
Source: UNAIDS
HIV positive TB patients on ART in (2015)
Source: World Health Organization
Maternal and infant mortality rates
Source: World Health Organization
Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
WHO recently declared Cuba as the first country to have eliminated the transmission of HIV from mother to child, a landmark in the response to HIV globally. Cuba’s comprehensive health system is available for all citizens equally and is effective in integrating the health care of mothers and children with the health management of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. Because of this integration, Cuba has been able to offer early access to prenatal care, testing for both pregnant women and their partners and treating women and their babies when they test positive. These interventions are vital to preventing the transmission from mother to child. Because of Cuba’s comprehensive prevention programme, in 2013 only two babies were born with HIV.
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Country results
All countries and regions
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- Europe & CIS
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- Latin America & The Caribbean
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Cuba
- Panama
- Arab States
- Djibouti
- Sudan
- Asia & Pacific
- Afghanistan
- Iran
- Regional grants
- Africa Regional HIV Grant
- Caribbean Regional HIV Project
- Western Pacific Programme