Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free - 2019 Report
UNAIDS - "The Start Free Stay Free AIDS Free report reveals a mixed story. The global targets set for 2018 have been missed by a wide margin in some subregions and countries. Some countries, however, have shown impressive progress and achieved success across all the target areas. These country examples demonstrate that success is possible and highlight the need for a paradigm shift in action across all focus countries to reach the targets by 2020.
(...) Within in the 23 focus countries, programmes for elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV have averted an estimated 1.5 million [982 000–2.4 million] new HIV infections in children aged 0–14 years since 2010. This has been done by dramatically increasing the proportion of pregnant women living with HIV receiving antiretroviral medicines from 43% [32–54%] in 2010 to 85% [63% to >95%] in 2018. This was a significant achievement, but the 2018 target of 95% coverage was missed in all but 5 focus countries (Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia). Furthermore, in 2018 51% of pregnant women living with HIV were receiving antiretroviral medicines before conception, compared with only 7% in 2010." (Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development/flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)