Ethiopia - Country Progress Report - unaids

Report on Progress towards Implementation of the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
1 . Executive Summary
1.1. Status of the Epidemic at a Glance
Data obtained in 2005 from ANC surveillance and the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) indicate that the epidemic
may be less severe, less generalized and more heterogeneous than previously believed. A careful assessment of data
gathered over the last four years suggests that the epidemic has stabilized, with adult HIV prevalence estimated at
2.2% in 2003/04 and 2.1% in 2006/07. The rural epidemic appears to be relatively widespread but heterogeneous,
with most regions having a relatively low prevalence of HIV, but a few demonstrating adult prevalence greater than
5%. In general, HIV incidence is leveling off after declining over the last few years (1996-2001).
HIV prevalence
Annual new infections
Indicator
Value
Adults (15-49 years old) 2.1%
Women (15-49 years old) 2.6%
Men (15-49 years old) 1.7%
Urban (15-49 years old) 7.7%
Rural (15-49 years old) 0.9%
Total 125,528
Women 72,033
Men 53,494
Adult HIV incidence 0.28%
Number of people living with HIV 977,394
Number of people living
Total 258,264
with HIV requiring Adults (15-49 years old) 242,548
treatment
Children (0-14 years old) 15,716
Total 71,902
Annual AIDS deaths Women 40,744
Men 31,158
Number of children orphaned by AIDS 898,350
Figure 1: Major Indicators, 2007 (source: Single Point Estimate)
1.2. Policy and Programmatic Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia joined UN Member States in June 2006 at the UN General Assembly
to issue the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, which included a commitment to move towards the goal of universal
access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010. Since that commitment was made, Ethiopia has
updated its planning framework with ambitious targets to achieve universal access (see Figure 2), and it has launched
a “Millennium AIDS Campaign” (see Best Practice on pg 63) that has catalyzed more rapid scale up of key prevention
and treatment programs.
The Multi-sectoral Plan of Action for Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support in Ethiopia
2007 –2010 was developed in consultation with a broad range of stakeholders, who shared lessons learned during
implementation of the AIDS response. The plan—including detailed activities, targets, cost estimations and a financial
gap analysis—represents a major step towards the realization of the ‘Three Ones’ principles.
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