HiV in subsaharan Africa

HIV infections and AIDS in sub Saharan
Global trends in HV infection demonstrated on overall increase in prevalence and substantial decline in AIDS related largely attributed to survival benefit of antiretroviral treatment Sub-Saharan Africa carries a disproportional burden   of  HIV accounting for more than 70% of the global burden of infection.
Success in HIV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa has potential to impact on global burden of HIV. Not withstanding substantial progress in scaling up antiretroviral therapy, Sub Saharan Africa accounted for 70% of 1.5 million AIDS related death in 2013.
Of the estimated 6,000 new infection that occur globally each day two of three are in sub Saharan Africa with young women continuing to bear a disproportionate burden. Adolescence girls and young women aged 15-24 years have up to eight fold higher tale of HIV infection compared to that of male peers. The remains a gap in women initiated HIV prevention technologies especially for when who are unable to negotiate the current HIV prevention option of abstinence, behavior changes, condoms and medical male circumcision or early treatment initiation in their relationship.
The possibility of AIDS free generation cannot be realized unless we are able to prevent HIV infection in young women.
This review will focus on epidemiology of HIV infection in Sub Saharan African,  key drivers of continued high incidence mortality rate  for altering current epidemic trajectory in the region.
Strategies for optimizing use of existing and increasingly limited resource included.

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