Mozambique
Country Situation
Adult HIV prevalence (ages 15-49) in Mozambique, estimated at 11.5% in 2009, has been stable over the past five years[1], though still remains high. The 2009 estimated HIV prevalence among pregnant women, 10.4%, is comparable to the general adult population. The 2010 maternal mortality rate estimate is high (490/100,000 live births) and it is estimated that 98,300 pregnant women were living with HIV in 2011 and 130,000 children were living with HIV as of 2009.
PMTCT programme coverage in Mozambique is improving. Approximately 86% of ANC facilities offer PMTCT services[8], and HIV testing among pregnant women increased from 12% in 2005 to 87% in 2010[9]. In 2011, 51% of pregnant women living with HIV (PWLHIV) received more efficacious ARVs for PMTCT—up from 38% in 2009[3]. In 2010, 42% of children born to PWLHIV received ARVs for PMTCT, and only 34% of infants born to PWLHIV were tested for HIV within 2 months of birth[9].
Mozambique has developed a national scale up plan towards elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV (2010- 2015) and has adopted WHO Option A regimen for prophylaxis[10].
Early Infant Diagnosis of HIV in Mozambique: Progess Report January 2009 – December 2011
Mocambique_Diagnostico Precoce infantil do HIV_2009.
This progress report (available in English and Portuguese) on the Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) program is derived from data collected on HIV exposed infants up to 18 months of age. Information is collected through the test requisition form (FSR) and DNA PCR Results from the 4 laboratory databases in Mozambique. This report represents over 102,000 children tested from January 2009 to December 2011.
Mocambique_Relatório da Avaliação Nacional do Programa PTV_2011.
Link to Mozambique Ministry of Health.
