Namibia leads the pack
Results from the Namibia Population-based HIV Impact Assessment (Namphia) show that 77% of all HIV-positive adults have achieved viral load suppression, surpassing the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAIDS) target of 73% by 2020.
According to a press release by Pepfar at the Aids 2018 conference underway in Amsterdam, Netherlands also stated that Namibia has reduced its adult HIV incidence rate by 50% in the past five years.
Namibia was commended for its progress by either reaching or exceeding the UNAIDS 90- 90-90 targets among women and, nationally, by attaining 86-96-91 among adults.
“Namibia accomplished this through the strategic expansion of HIV prevention and treatment services, with a focus on viral load suppression at individual and community level, and the swift implementation of forward-leading HIV policies,” the statement read.
The Namphia results also suggest that women aged 15 to 24 still have a far higher HIV incidence rate (0.99%) than same-aged young men (0.03%) in the country.
This highlights the continued need for expanded primary HIV prevention in young women, including through the PEPFAR-led DREAMS Partnership, and ensuring all men 25 to 35 are virally suppressed, such as through the new MenStar Coalition.
The statement pointed out that the assessments evidence important advances being made under the PEPFAR Strategy for Accelerating HIV/Aids Epidemic Control for 2017 until 2020.
It also indicates that among the ten countries Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe that released their ‘phia results, Namibia has achieved the highest level of viral load suppression among all HIV-positive adults.
“The impressive findings from the Namphia survey demonstrate the government’s successful commitment to confronting the HIV epidemic,” said the director of the International Centre for Aids Care and Treatment Programmes, Wafaa El-Sadr.
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According to a press release by Pepfar at the Aids 2018 conference underway in Amsterdam, Netherlands also stated that Namibia has reduced its adult HIV incidence rate by 50% in the past five years.
Namibia was commended for its progress by either reaching or exceeding the UNAIDS 90- 90-90 targets among women and, nationally, by attaining 86-96-91 among adults.
“Namibia accomplished this through the strategic expansion of HIV prevention and treatment services, with a focus on viral load suppression at individual and community level, and the swift implementation of forward-leading HIV policies,” the statement read.
The Namphia results also suggest that women aged 15 to 24 still have a far higher HIV incidence rate (0.99%) than same-aged young men (0.03%) in the country.
This highlights the continued need for expanded primary HIV prevention in young women, including through the PEPFAR-led DREAMS Partnership, and ensuring all men 25 to 35 are virally suppressed, such as through the new MenStar Coalition.
The statement pointed out that the assessments evidence important advances being made under the PEPFAR Strategy for Accelerating HIV/Aids Epidemic Control for 2017 until 2020.
It also indicates that among the ten countries Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe that released their ‘phia results, Namibia has achieved the highest level of viral load suppression among all HIV-positive adults.
“The impressive findings from the Namphia survey demonstrate the government’s successful commitment to confronting the HIV epidemic,” said the director of the International Centre for Aids Care and Treatment Programmes, Wafaa El-Sadr.
STAFF REPORTER
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