Angola
With an estimated 2 percent of the adult population living with HIV, Angola has one of the lower HIV prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Angola’s first case of HIV was diagnosed in 1985; according to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the country’s prevalence is considered stable, having changed only marginally over the past decade. During the 1975–2002 Angolan civil war, cross-country travel was nearly impossible, impeding the spread of HIV/AIDS. Since the war, however, movement has become less restricted, and the likelihood of HIV reaching once-isolated communities has increased. In 2009, UNAIDS estimated that 200,000 people in Angola were HIV positive.
USAID launched its HIV/AIDS activities in Angola in 2001. Its program supports HIV/AIDS prevention in high-prevalence areas, targeting most-at-risk populations (MARPs) and youth. USAID works in close collaboration with the Government of Angola (GRA) and civil society, focusing its efforts on prevention as well as health systems strengthening, which includes capacity building of staff in prevention of mother-to-child transmission services and voluntary counseling and testing. In cooperation with the GRA and civil society, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is implementing behavior change communication programs for youth and MARPs.
View the full USAID
HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Angola - January 2011 [PDF,
194KB].
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