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Table 3 Number of additional infant HIV infections averted if unintended births to WLHIV were prevented, top 30 countries

From: The role of contraception in preventing HIV-positive births: global estimates and projections

Country

No of WLHIV aged 15–49a (A)

No of births to WLHIV annuallyb (B)

No of unintended births to WLHIV annuallyc (C)

Total new infant infections from unintended births to WLHIVd

    

Treated

Untreated

Total

South Africa

4,050,000

302,024

163,093

5676

6361

12,036

Nigeria

860,000

142,123

14,923

263

2507

2770

Uganda

650,000

105,659

43,848

1631

921

2552

DRC

234,000

43,479

12,522

220

2104

2324

Angola

179,000

31,753

10,669

162

1984

2147

Tanzania

720,000

112,564

34,895

1298

733

2031

Kenya

740,000

82,445

29,433

1071

795

1866

Zambia

580,000

86,809

33,335

1267

500

1767

Malawi

480,000

67,712

27,694

1052

415

1468

Mozambique

1,060,000

167,026

24,720

939

371

1310

Zimbabwe

600,000

69,895

22,716

854

409

1263

Cameroon

277,000

40,647

9633

308

578

886

Lesotho

152,000

15,567

8017

247

553

800

South Sudan

87,000

12,901

4773

107

630

737

Ethiopia

324,000

43,585

11,071

407

266

673

Eswatini

103,000

9982

6359

201

401

602

Ghana

170,000

20,201

6242

197

393

590

Indonesia

217,800

14,774

2246

13

573

586

India

655,544

45,359

3946

95

474

568

Brazil

244,313

12,491

6870

234

309

543

Côte d’Ivoire

205,000

30,598

7405

267

222

489

Mali

74,000

13,867

1941

19

443

461

Congo

46,900

6392

1796

18

404

422

Botswana

159,000

14,168

7651

291

115

406

Haiti

73,000

6685

3790

126

193

319

Namibia

87,000

9485

4847

184

73

257

Rwanda

103,000

12,931

4629

176

69

245

U.S

226,698

13,041

4564

173

68

242

CAR

48,000

7353

2059

58

179

238

Equatorial Guinea

26,300

3984

1116

22

167

190

  1. a Calculated as women living with HIV (WLHIV) aged 15+ − WLHIV aged 50+
  2. b Calculated as A * annual birth rate
  3. c Calculated as B * proportion of births that are unintended
  4. d Calculated as (C * coverage of pregnant women for PMTCT * 0.04 estimated transmission among those on treatment) + (C * (1 - coverage of pregnant women for PMTCT) * 0.3 estimated transmission among those on treatment)