TABLE 1.
Key HIV statistics in Uganda, 2014.
| Key statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Country population | ~35 million |
| New HIV infections | 140 000 per annum |
| People living with HIV/AIDS | 1.4 million |
| HIV-positive pregnant women | 100 000 per annum |
| HIV-positive babies born | 16 000 per annum |
| Conventional CD4 machines | 200 |
| Point-of-care CD4 machines | 300 |
| Access to CD4 testing | 60% – 65% |
| Centralised early infant diagnosis testing | |
| - % of PMTCT sites | 81% |
| - -[Reach] | ~53% |
| - Turnaround time (sample to results) | ~11 days |
PMTCT, prevention of mother-to-child transmission.