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.

Cameroon

Country Situation

Adult HIV prevalence in Cameroon (ages 15-49), estimated at 5.3% in 2009, is higher than that estimated among pregnant women (4.4%). Between 2009 and 2011, Cameroon has had a 24% decline in the number of new paediatric HIV infections— from 8,900 to 6,800[3].
Overall, the uptake of essential PMTCT services in Cameroon is still limited. Although HIV testing among pregnant women increased from 17% in 2005 to 41% in 2010[8], approximately half of pregnant women living with HIV (54%) received ARVs for PMTCT in 2011[3], and only 27% of HIV-exposed infants received ARVs for PMTCT in 2010[8]. The maternal mortality ratio in Cameroon is high (690/100,000), and in 2010, an estimated 980 maternal deaths were associated with HIV[4].

Cameroon has developed a costed national MTCT elimination plan (2011-2015) and has adopted WHO Option A regimen for prophylaxis[9].

Link to Cameroon_National EMTCT Plan_2012.

Link to the Cameroon Ministry of Health.

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