Factsheets on the status of national PMTCT responses in the most affected countries.

Each of these 22 country-specific factsheets sets out strategic information on the state of PMTCT service-delivery and policy development, while also highlighting bottlenecks that must be tackled to reach national targets.

Botswana

Country Situation

Adult HIV prevalence (ages 15-49) in Botswana, estimated at 24.8% in 2009, has declined slightly over the past decade down from 26.3% in 2001[1]. Prevalence among pregnant women (28.7%) is very high and slightly higher than the prevalence in the general adult population.

Overall, facility coverage for PMTCT within ANC services is high (>90%)[8]. HIV testing among pregnant women was over 95% in 2010[9], and the vast majority of pregnant women with HIV (93%) received ARVs for PMTCT in 2011[3].

Botswana has adopted WHO Option B regimen for prophylaxis and a costed national PMTCT scale-up plan (2011-2015) is in place[10].

Given the high level of PMTCT service coverage, and high testing and ARV coverage, Botswana is well placed to achieve Global Plan targets.

Link to the Botswana Ministry of Health.

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