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editorial
. 2019 Apr 1;5(2):92–101. doi: 10.1016/S2055-6640(20)30058-3

Table 2.

Total new child infections, MTCT rates, EID and ART coverage by region: (a) higher prevalence and (b) lower prevalence

a
Country New child infections (n) MTCT rate (%) % EID 2017 % ART coverage for pMTCT % ART coverage for children Child AIDS-related deaths
Eastern and Southern Africa 66,050 39,590
Mozambique 18,000 15 50 86 51 9800
South Africa 13,000 5 95 95 58 8600
*Kenya* 8000 12 51 76 82 4300
*Uganda* 7600 8 48 95 68 3800
*Zambia* 7300 10 46 92 64 3400
*Malawi* 4900 9 52 92 63 3000
*Zimbabwe* 4300 7 65 95 89 4300
*Lesotho* 890 7 51 90 60 890
*Swaziland* 850 10 81 90 75 500
*Botswana* 610 5 50 90 68 500
*Namibia* 600 6 95 95 76 500
Central Africa 540 500
Equatorial Guinea 540 23 nd 64 17 500
Total 66,590 40,090
Weighted average 8 71 91 64
b
Country New child infections (n) MTCT rate (%) % EID 2017 % ART coverage for pMTCT % ART coverage in children Child AIDS-related deaths
Western and Central Africa 65,800 41,460
Nigeria 36,000 23 12 30 26 23,000
DRC 4800 21 34 59 58 100
Cameroon 4500 15 51 77 25 3300
*Côte d'Ivoire* 3800 15 40 70 27 3100
Ghana 3400 19 30 66 23 2900
Mali 2000 27 11 31 23 980
Congo 1700 27 3 11 18 1200
Guinea 1500 24 11 38 18 720
Chad 1300 17 5 68 18 850
Togo 1200 20 36 66 30 870
Central African Republic 1100 22 23 56 25 700
Burundi 690 14 20 85 38 500
Benin 660 14 32 83 27 540
Burkina Faso 660 12 16 92 28 500
Sierra Leone 560 13 7 89 18 500
Guinea-Bissau 510 23 36 65 16 500
Gabon 500 17 4 64 50 200
Liberia 500 28 nd 86 18 500
Senegal 500 22 23 53 25 500
Eastern and Southern Africa 24,660 14,900
*Tanzania* 11,000 12 36 85 46 6000
Angola 5500 26 1 34 14 3300
Ethiopia 5500 17 38 59 34 3600
South Sudan 1800 20 10 60 9 1500
*Rwanda* 860 9 85 92 76 500
Asia and the Pacific 9400 6630
India 3700 16 23 60 nd 2600
Indonesia 3100 26 1 13 25 2200
Pakistan 950 31 1 6 13 530
Philippines 200 40 5 11 13 100
Myanmar 750 13 28 78 91 500
Cambodia 100 10 64 95 95 100
Malaysia 100 20 95 95 95 100
Papua New Guinea 500 29 35 41 40 500
Carribean 1050 4000
*Haiti* 950 15 40 70 50 600
Dominican Republic 100 10 80 95 34 3,400
Latin America 1920 1280
Brazil 720 8 45 85 45 680
Guatemala 500 42 17 21 42 200
Mexico 500 23 nd 49 69 200
Argentina 100 6 66 90 95 100
Peru 100 10 78 84 78 100
Middle East and Northern Africa 660 600
Iran 100 20 31 55 53 100
Sudan 560 29 nd 7 19 500
Eastern Europe and Central Asia 500 500
Ukraine 500 17 48 81 54 500
Russia nd nd 84 nd nd nd
Uzebekistan nd nd 56 62 nd nd
Total 104,070 69,370
Weighted average 17 30 53 29

*...*: countries supported by PEPFAR. ART: antiretroviral therapy; EID: early infant diagnosis; MTCT: mother-to-child transmission; nd: not detected; pMTCT: prevention of mother-to-child transmission.