HIV on the Decline in Zimbabwe

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 17:43

The 2009 Antenatal Clinic (ANC) Surveillance Survey, reveals a drop of 14.1 percent in 2008 to 13.7 percent in 2009 HIV prevalence rate in Zimbabwe

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HIV on the Decline in Zimbabwe

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Sat 13 Mar, 2010 - 07:34

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According to me Zimbabwe has

By nmaketiwa

Wed 7 Oct, 2009 - 23:25

According to me Zimbabwe has really managed to control the rate of HIV using 2 main methods.Firstly there has really been a huge campaign of safe sex ie the use of condoms.everywhere you go talking about unprotected sex will not be on with most people.This has really lowered the rate of infection especially among the youth.

secondly the voluntary testing centres established countrywide has helped people know their status and has made those who are negative strive to maintain their status while those who are positive are counselled well.It is my hope that such a thread continues because Zimbabwe has very limited resources especially in procurement of ARVs.

Zimbabwe's adult HIV prevalence rate is continuing its downward trend, showing a drop from 14.1 percent in 2008 to 13.7 percent in 2009, according to new estimates released by the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare.

The 2009 Antenatal Clinic (ANC) Surveillance Survey, based on blood specimens collected from 7,363 pregnant women anonymously screened at 19 clinic sites throughout the country, estimated that 1.1 million Zimbabweans in a probable population of around 11 million were living with HIV.

A slowdown in Zimbabwe's HIV/AIDS epidemic was first observed in the late 1990s and was supported by data from a 2005/06 population-based survey.

The prevalence rate is expected to continue decreasing; investigations have shown that the decline "most likely resulted from a combination of an increase in adult mortality and a decline in HIV incidence, resulting from adoption of safer sexual behaviours", said Dr Douglas Mombeshora, Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare.

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<br /> Irin News

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