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Target: To halt by 2015 and reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, and to have universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS; To have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases.

Zambia met its national target to keep HIV prevalence rates below 15.6 per cent. The national HIV prevalence rate among adults (15-49 years) was reduced from 15.6 per cent to 14.3 per cent between 2002 and 2007. This reduction is the result of effective strategies for the provision of antiretroviral drugs, which not only lowered the prevalence rates but significantly reduced the rates of mother-to-child transmissions of HIV/AIDS.

a treated net rose from 6.5 per cent in 2001-2002 to 41.1 per cent in 2008 (UNDP, 2012).

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Progress has also been made in combating malaria. The number of children under-five sleeping under

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Malaria Control Agents distributing mosquito nets Christian Aid, 2011

Table 3.4 Zambia’s MDG-6 targets

Latest Figure

2015 Target

Will Target be Achieved under the Present Trend

Goal

Target

Indicator

MDG 6: Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases

Target 6.A: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS

HIV prevalence rate (%)

14.3 <15.6 Yes

Proportion of population (15-24 years) with comprehensive, correct knowledge of HIV/AIDS (%) Ratio of school attendance of orphans to non-orphans (10-24 years) Proportion of population with advanced HIV infection with access to ARVs New malaria cases per 1,000 population

48

97

100 Yes

79

80

Yes

Target 6.B: Achieve, by 2010, universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS for all those who need it Target 6.C: Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases

252

≤255 Acceleration required

Malaria mortality fatality rate per 1,000 population

39

11

Acceleration required

Households with ITNs (%) 64.3

UNDP, 2012

110

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