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Indicator name:
HIV – Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV
Data type:
Count
Indicator Id:
2933
Topic:
HIV
Rationale:
The risk for vertical transmission can be reduced significantly by the complementary approaches of providing antiretroviral drugs (as therapy or as prophylaxis) to the mother and antiretroviral prophylaxis to the infant and using safe delivery practices and safer infant feeding. The data will be used to track progress toward global and national goals towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission; to inform policy and strategic planning; for advocacy; and leveraging resources for accelerated scale up.
Definition:
Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV
M&E Framework:
Outcome
Method of estimation:
Modelling, using multiple inputs specific to the HIV epidemic context, is typically used to obtain an estimate of the number of pregnant women living with HIV. UNAIDS supports most countries to produce estimates of the number of pregnant women living with HIV annually using Spectrum.
Method of estimation of global and regional aggregates:
Regional estimates are calculated as the sum of country level data in each of the WHO regions.
Preferred data sources:
Estimation models such as Spectrum or antenatal clinic surveillance surveys
Expected frequency of data dissemination:
Annual
Expected frequency of data collection:
Annual
Comments:
The number of pregnant women living with HIV equals the number of pregnant women living with HIV needing antiretrovirals for preventing mother-to-child transmission
Contact person email:
beusenbergm@who.int
Name:
Michel Beusenberg
IMRID:
2933
Links:
HIV data and statistics, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes (HHS), Geneva: World Health Organization 
HIV country profiles, Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes (HHS), Geneva: World Health Organization 
Consolidated guidelines on person-centred HIV strategic information: strengthening routine data for impact. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022 
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach: Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021
2023 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update. Geneva: UNAIDS; 2023 
Global AIDS Monitoring 2023: Indicators and questions for monitoring progress on the 2021 Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS. Geneva: UNAIDS; 2023
UNAIDS epidemiological estimates
Spectrum software, Avenir Health 
UNAIDS HIV tools 
Indicator Metadata Registry List
Globally, there were 1.1 million [910 000–1.3 million] pregnant women with HIV in 2024, down from 1.4 million [1.1–1.6 million] in 2010.
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