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Key Figures: Children and AIDS: Sixth Stocktaking Report, 2013

The document summarizes key statistics about children and AIDS in West and Central Africa from UNICEF's Sixth Stocktaking Report in 2013. It notes that while the number of pregnant women receiving antiretroviral medicines to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission has increased 43% in the past two years, only 30% of pregnant women living with HIV receive these medicines. As a result, over 25% still pass HIV to their babies, one of the highest mother-to-child transmission rates in the world. Additionally, only 16% of children living with HIV in the region receive treatment, and AIDS-related deaths among adolescents have more than tripled over the past decade.

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Key Figures: Children and AIDS: Sixth Stocktaking Report, 2013

The document summarizes key statistics about children and AIDS in West and Central Africa from UNICEF's Sixth Stocktaking Report in 2013. It notes that while the number of pregnant women receiving antiretroviral medicines to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission has increased 43% in the past two years, only 30% of pregnant women living with HIV receive these medicines. As a result, over 25% still pass HIV to their babies, one of the highest mother-to-child transmission rates in the world. Additionally, only 16% of children living with HIV in the region receive treatment, and AIDS-related deaths among adolescents have more than tripled over the past decade.

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KEY FIGURES

Children and AIDS: Sixth Stocktaking Report, 2013 Did you know that, in West and Central Africa

Good news 1. Over the past two years, the number of pregnant women living with HIV who received more effective antiretroviral medicines for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission has increased by 43%.

2. In some countries, the majority of pregnant women living with HIV have now access to antiretroviral medicines e.g. Ghana (95%), Sierra Leone (93%), Liberia (87%), Togo (86%), Gabon (70%), Cte dIvoire (68%), Burkina Faso (66%) and Cameroon (64%).

3. Over the past three years, the number of new HIV transmissions among children has decreased by 19% in West and Central Africa, with notable declines in Ghana, Sierra Leone and Togo. But 4. Only 3 out of 10 pregnant women living with HIV receive the more effective antiretroviral medicines they need to keep their babies free of HIV.

5. More than 1 out of 4 pregnant women living with HIV still pass on HIV to their babies. This is one of the highest mother-to-child transmission rates in the world, after South Asia and Middle East and North Africa. 6. Last year an additional 98,000 children were reported as having acquired HIV in West and Central Africa.

7. Only 1 out of 6 children below fifteen living with HIV receive the treatment they need. This is one of the lowest coverage rates in the world and one of the biggest gaps between adults and children.

United Nations Childrens Fund Three United Nations Plaza New York, New York 10017

Telephone 212 326 7000 Facsimile 212 888 7465 212 888 7454 www.unicef.org

8. More than two thirds of adolescents newly infected with HIV are girls.

9. The number of AIDS-related deaths has more than tripled among adolescents over the past ten years to reach nearly 27,000 in 2012.

10. Over 4 million children orphaned to AIDS in the region; much remains to be done to address their needs and that of their careers.

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