Zanzibar got almost every single HIV patient on antiretroviral meds right now, with 96 percent of the 10,241 diagnosed people getting treatment. Women are getting hit way harder than men, though, and the 25 to 34 age group is catching the most STIs that bump up HIV risk. Dr Ali Salim Ali from the Zanzibar AIDS Commission dropped these numbers at a World AIDS Day meeting, pointing out that young women are facing way more danger than young men when it comes to sexually transmitted infections.
The stats show about 70 percent of people on treatment are women, and they made up 79 percent of the 23,220 STI cases treated. Outreach programs connected with over 6,400 people from high-risk groups, testing nearly all of them and finding 77 new HIV cases.
Officials say Urban District is keeping HIV rates under five percent, but some regions like South and North Unguja are struggling more. The government wants to completely shut down transmission by 2030, but money problems keep making things harder.
The stats show about 70 percent of people on treatment are women, and they made up 79 percent of the 23,220 STI cases treated. Outreach programs connected with over 6,400 people from high-risk groups, testing nearly all of them and finding 77 new HIV cases.
Officials say Urban District is keeping HIV rates under five percent, but some regions like South and North Unguja are struggling more. The government wants to completely shut down transmission by 2030, but money problems keep making things harder.
