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

Table 3.

Number of additional infant HIV infections averted if unintended births to WLHIV were prevented, top 30 countries

Country No of WLHIV aged 15–49a (A) No of births to WLHIV annuallyb (B) No of unintended births to WLHIV annuallyc (C) Total new infant infections from unintended births to WLHIVd
Treated Untreated Total
South Africa 4,050,000 302,024 163,093 5676 6361 12,036
Nigeria 860,000 142,123 14,923 263 2507 2770
Uganda 650,000 105,659 43,848 1631 921 2552
DRC 234,000 43,479 12,522 220 2104 2324
Angola 179,000 31,753 10,669 162 1984 2147
Tanzania 720,000 112,564 34,895 1298 733 2031
Kenya 740,000 82,445 29,433 1071 795 1866
Zambia 580,000 86,809 33,335 1267 500 1767
Malawi 480,000 67,712 27,694 1052 415 1468
Mozambique 1,060,000 167,026 24,720 939 371 1310
Zimbabwe 600,000 69,895 22,716 854 409 1263
Cameroon 277,000 40,647 9633 308 578 886
Lesotho 152,000 15,567 8017 247 553 800
South Sudan 87,000 12,901 4773 107 630 737
Ethiopia 324,000 43,585 11,071 407 266 673
Eswatini 103,000 9982 6359 201 401 602
Ghana 170,000 20,201 6242 197 393 590
Indonesia 217,800 14,774 2246 13 573 586
India 655,544 45,359 3946 95 474 568
Brazil 244,313 12,491 6870 234 309 543
Côte d’Ivoire 205,000 30,598 7405 267 222 489
Mali 74,000 13,867 1941 19 443 461
Congo 46,900 6392 1796 18 404 422
Botswana 159,000 14,168 7651 291 115 406
Haiti 73,000 6685 3790 126 193 319
Namibia 87,000 9485 4847 184 73 257
Rwanda 103,000 12,931 4629 176 69 245
U.S 226,698 13,041 4564 173 68 242
CAR 48,000 7353 2059 58 179 238
Equatorial Guinea 26,300 3984 1116 22 167 190

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

b Calculated as A * annual birth rate

c Calculated as B * proportion of births that are unintended

d Calculated as (C * coverage of pregnant women for PMTCT * 0.04 estimated transmission among those on treatment) + (C * (1 - coverage of pregnant women for PMTCT) * 0.3 estimated transmission among those on treatment)