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. 2021 Mar 19;21:536. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10570-w

Table 2.

Number of HIV positive births averted by contraception annually, top 30 countries

Country WLHIV aged 15–49a (A) WLHIV (15–49) on modern contraceptionb (B) Pregnancies to WLHIV averted by contraceptionc (C) Births to WLHIV averted by contraception d (D) HIV- positive births averted by contraceptionf
Treated Untreated Total
South Africa 4,050,000 2,187,000 204,530 127,930 4452 4989 9441
Nigeria 860,000 161,680 36,138 22,604 398 3798 4195
Kenya 740,000 434,380 96,648 55,337 2014 1494 3508
Zimbabwe 600,000 394,800 81,224 46,506 1749 837 2586
India 655,544 313,350 26,808 14,898 358 1788 2145
Malawi 480,000 278,880 63,411 36,307 1380 545 1924
Uganda 650,000 235,950 52,899 30,288 1127 636 1763
Indonesia 217,800 128,066 12,919 6709 40 1711 1751
Zambia 580,000 259,260 57,572 32,963 1253 494 1747
Mozambique 1,060,000 268,180 57,384 32,856 1249 493 1741
Tanzania 720,000 230,400 50,511 28,921 1076 607 1683
Ethiopia 324,000 122,472 27,981 16,021 590 384 974
Cameroon 277,000 58,170 13,972 8748 280 525 805
Angola 179,000 22,375 5549 3474 53 646 699
Brazil 244,313 189,831 16,895 8172 278 368 646
Ghana 170,000 42,500 9822 6144 194 387 581
Lesotho 152,000 90,896 7737 4840 149 334 483
DRC 234,000 17,550 4105 2570 45 432 477
Mali 74,000 11,174 2607 1631 16 372 387
Eswatini 103,000 67,465 6274 3924 124 247 371
Côte d’Ivoire 205,000 40,180 8682 5431 195 163 358
Thailand 170,000 128,350 12,322 6399 243 96 339
Rwanda 103,000 48,925 10,823 6197 235 93 328
Congo 46,900 8677 1999 1252 13 282 294
U.S. 226,698 153,475 10,590 5509 209 83 292
Russia 278,415 153,128 12,097 5068 193 76 269
Botswana 159,000 81,408 7571 4736 180 71 251
Madagascar 18,578 7171 1613 924 4 247 251
Myanmar 85,000 43,605 4287 2226 71 134 205
Viet Nam 60,000 39,000 3706 1925 62 110 172

a Calculated as women living with HIV aged 15+ − WLHIV aged 50+

b Calculated as A * Contraceptive prevalence rate

c Calculated as (B * pregnancy rate) – (B * contraception failure rate)

d Calculated as C * proportion of pregnancies resulting in live birth (birth rate/pregnancy rate)

f Calculated as (D * Coverage of pregnant women for preventing mother-to-child transmission [PMTCT])* 0.04 estimated transmission among those on treatment) + (D * (1 – coverage of pregnant women for PMTCT) * 0.30 estimated transmission among those not on treatment)