Ethiopia
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Ethiopia has set universal targets and launched a "Millennium AIDS Campaign" that has stimulated rapid scale up of HIV counselling and testing and antiretroviral treatment. Recent participatory reviews of the national AIDS response, led by the national AIDS authority (HAPCO), have identified a number of challenges to scale up including low human resource capacity, insufficient mainstreaming, low utilization of antenatal and PMTCT services by pregnant women, a lack of prevention programmes targeting vulnerable and most-at-risk populations, low treatment adherence and poor linkage of services. The status of women and traditional practices that put women and girls at higher risk of infection also needs to be addressed.
Counseling and testing, antiretroviral treatment, care and support for people living with HIV and programmes to support orphans and vulnerable children are generally on track while more need to be done to accelerate coverage of mother-to-child prevention services.
Progress towards universal access based on 2005 and 2007 reported UNGASS achievements and 2010 reported targets, as per data available*.
| 2007 | 2010 target | ||
| Treatment | 29% | 75% | |
| Care and support | 3.5% | 43% | |
| Prevention | PMTCT | 7% | 80% |
| testing | 2% | 75% | |
| Sex before the age of 15 | 12% | Not reported | |
| National commitment (US$) | Not reported | Not reported | |
*Data sources:
Treatment: Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic, 2008
Care and support: UNICEF: Third Stocktaking Report, 2008
Prevention: UNICEF, WHO, UNAIDS, Towards Universal Access, 2008; UNGASS Country Progress Reports, 2008; Country national surveys; UNGASS Country Progress Reports, 2008; Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic, 2008
National commitment: Global Report on the AIDS Epidemic, 2008