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HIV/AIDS Complicates Zambia MDGs Efforts - Report

A mid-point review report on Zambia's efforts towards attaining the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has revealed that HIV/AIDS is complicating the southern African country's efforts to meet the goals, the Post of Zambia reported on Saturday 19th September 2009.

The report from 1990 to 2008 has revealed that HIV/AIDS had "devastating effects" on all aspects of human well-being, saying it was a major human development crisis that Zambia had to cope with.

According to the report, HIV/AIDS is related to poverty and hunger, and this has an impact on good nutrition, especially for people taking antiretroviral drugs.

The report said HIV/AIDS is complicating efforts to attain universal primary education by 2015.There would be fewer teachers as a result of deaths and a drop in demand for enrolment, the report warned.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic, according to the report, is also complicating the attainment of the goal on child mortality as babies born to HIV positive mothers risked getting infected through parent to child transmission. The pandemic is ranked as one of the leading factors contributing to the poor outcomes on maternal health.

The report has also reviewed that the environment has been affected by HIV/AIDS in that affected families put increased pressure on the environment in their efforts to survive.

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Deputy Director for Zambia Georgina Fekete said during a validation meeting on Friday18th September 2009 in Lusaka that the challenge for Zambia and specifically researchers was to take cognizance of "those gaps" in order to guarantee evidence based response to the pandemic.

She said continuous tracking of the interface between the epidemic and progress towards attainment was an essential ingredient for ensuring priority setting, prudent resource investment and decision making.

Source: Xinhuanet.com

[This is reported news and may not reflect the views of NACA]

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National HIV/AIDS Stats 2009

National HIV Prevalence (ANC)	4.6%
Estimated No. of People Living with HIV/AIDS	2.98 million
Annual HIV Positive Births	56, 681
Cummulative AIDS Deaths	2.99 million (male 1.38 million; female 1.61 million)
Annual AIDS Deaths	192, 000 (male 86, 178; female 105, 822)
Number Requiring Antiretroviral Therapy	857, 455 (adult 754, 375; children 103, 080)
New HIV Infection	336, 379 (males 149, 095; females 187, 284)
Total AIDS Orphans	2, 175, 760

Source: FMOH (2008) ANC 2008 Report HIV estimates and projection

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