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Aids killed 70,000 in 2017
12:42 CAT | 18 Jul 2018
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At least 70,000 people of different age groups died of HIV/Aids in Mozambique last year.
The figure was revealed on Monday by Francisco Mbofana, executive director of the National Council for the Fight against Aids (CNCS), in a report presented on the occasion of the visit of CNCS president Prime Minister Agostinho do Rosário.
The victims, according to Mbofana, are among the total 2,100,000 living with HIV at the end of last year, of which 168,763 are children from 0 to 14 years old, and just over 1.9 million adults over 15.
According to the report, the estimated number of new HIV infections decreased by 15 percent between 2014 and 2017, from 148,914 to 125,165 new cases per year.
By contrast, the proportion of health units providing antiretroviral treatment increased by 57 percent, from 753 in December 2014 to 1,320 by the end of 2017.
By December last year, just over 1.1 million people were on antiretroviral treatment, compared to 646,312 in December 2014, representing a growth of 55.9 percent. The coverage of antiretroviral treatment is 54 percent, of which 54 percent covers adults and the rest, children.
The coverage rate for prevention of vertical transmission was 87 percent by December 2017, as against 81 percent in 2014, an increase of seven percent.
Outlining national responses to HIV/Aids, the CNCS points to the decentralisation of response to district nuclei, communication for adolescents and young people to change behaviour, prevention of vertical transmission, the elimination of structural barriers and adherence and retention in care and treatment.
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Source: Notícias
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