THE AMCHAM POST NOVEMBER 30 - 2019
HIV: SORRY, IT'S NOT A MYTH
EDITORIAL
By Constant-Serge BOUNDA, UNFPA Madagascar Representative
As we read it UNAIDS website: "Ending the AIDS epidemic is more than a historic duty for the 39 million people who have died from the disease."
Although Madagascar has one of the lowest HIV prevalence rates in Africa, HIV does exist in Madagascar. Nearly 39,000 people are currently living with this virus, 1,900 of whom are children under 14 years old and 37,000 are young people and adults over 15 years old. Although we do not hear much about it, there is an urgent need to stop the progression of the new HIV infection in Madagascar since the country’s new HIV infection has increased by 154% from 2007 to 2017, the highest in East and Southern Africa region.
