The HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Sustainable Development tgoals Etienne Karita, MD MSc MSPH Kigali, 8 Nov 018
IV/AIDS Burden Since the start t of the HIV/ V/AIDS epidemic i in the early 1980 s: 77.3 million people have be ecome infected with HIV 35.4 million people have died from AIDS related illnesses In 017 36.9 million people were liv ving with HIV worldwide 1.8 million people became newlyinfectedwithhiv 940,000000 people died from AIDS related illnesses
SDG Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages Goal 3.3: By 030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water borne diseases and other communicable diseases Goal 3.8: Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all
Ending AIDS as a public health h threat 90% reduction in new HIV Infections 90% reduction in deaths from AIDS related illnesses
What is the status in Africa?
Little change in n ew HIV infections outside of sub- -Saharan Africa Number of new HIV infe ections in sub Saharan Africa, 199 90 017 3 500 000 3 000 000 500 000 000 000 1 500 000 1 000 000 Number of new HIV infections 500 000 0 1990 1991 199 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 000 001 00 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011 01 013 014 015 016 017 980,000 new HIV adult HIV infection ns in 017 30% decline, compared to 010. 59% of these new infections were am mong women
Decline in Deaths Number of AIDS-related deaths, by sex, sub- Saharan Africa, 1990 017 Number of AIDS-related deaths, by sex, regions outside sub-saharan Africa, 1990 017 1 00 000 600 000 1 000 000 500 000 s Numb ber of AIDS-related deaths 800 000 600 000 400 000 Numbe er of AIDS-related deaths 400 000 300 000 00 000 00 000 100 000 0 0 1990 1993 1996 1999 00 005 008 011 014 017 1990 1993 1996 1999 00 005 008 011 014 017 Females Males Source: UNAIDS 018 estimates.
ccess to HIV testing and treatment services UNAIDS 90 90 90 targets by 00: 90% of people living with HIV know their HIV status 90% of people who know th heir HIV positive status t [81%of a people living with HIV] access HIV treatment 90% of HIV positive people on treatment [73% of all people with HIV] have suppressed viral load Undetectable viral load Prevents AIDS related illness Prevents onwards transmissionn of HIV
Africa vs other regions Knowledge of HIV status, treatment coverage and viral load suppression among people living with HIV, 017 1 100 90 80 70 60 Per cent 50 40 30 0 10 0 Asia and the Pacific Caribbean Eastern and Eastern Europe Latin America Middle East Western and Western and southern Africa and central Asia and North Africa central Africa central Europe and North America * People living with HIV who know their status People living with HIV who are virally suppressed People living with HIV on treatment Gap to reaching the 90 90 90 targets * Cascade for western and central Europe and North America region is for 016. Source: UNAIDS special analysis, 018; see annex on methods for more details.
Gender disparities in treatment coverage 100 Per cent 90 80 70 60 50 40 58% 49% 66% 49% 7% 57% 39% 6% 61% 3% 50% 78% 77% 65% 53% 30 0 33% 7% 9% 10 0 Asia Caribbean Eastern Eastern Latin Middle Western Western Global and and America and the southern central Pacific Africa Africa Women Men Europe and central Asia East and North Africa and central Europe and North America Source: UNAIDS 018 estimates; Global AIDS Monitoring, 018.
Several challenges: Children on treatment Virological testing required for HIV diagnosis in children younger than 18 months is not readily available in many settings Children initiate treatment atanadvanceddiseasestageand are more likely to experience treatment failure Treatment coverage among HIV infected children is stil very low, particularly l inafrica 59% in Eastern and Sub Saharan Africa 6% in Western and Central Africa
UNAIDS Prevention pillars Five pillars of combination prevention 1 3 4 5 Combination prevention for adolescent girls, young women and their male partners in high- prevalence locations Combination prevention with key populations Comprehensive condom programmes Voluntary medical male circumcision and sexual and reproductive health services for men and boys in 14 countries in eastern and southern Africa Rapid introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis Where is Couples HIV Counseling and Testing?
Why Couples HIV Cou unseling and Testing? Majority of adult people are marri ied/cohabiting In most countries with a high HIV prevalence in Eastern and Southern Africa, one in four cohabiting coup ples are HIV discordant Majority of HIV discordant couples are unaware of their HIV status the HIV negative is constantly expo osed to HIV infection Cohabiting couples represent a large, high risk population Couples HIV Counseling and Testing results in a substantial reduction in new HIV infections
Impact of Couples HIV Counseling and Testing CVCT provides both partners with ihan opportunity: To share their HIV test results To jointly address issues relat ed to HIV transmission i and family planning To support each other if one or both are infected In discordant couples, risk of HIV transmission is reduced by two thirds In concordant HIV negative couples, risk of other sexually transmitted infections is reduc ced by half
New tools are needed to contain the HIV/AIDS epidemic Long Acting PrEp Targeted therapeutic s for viral eradication HIV vaccine