Malawi
The first case of AIDS in Malawi was diagnosed in 1985, and the national prevalence peaked at 26 percent in 1998. Since then, national prevalence has declined steadily. The most recent data from the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS estimated that the national adult HIV prevalence rate was 11.9 percent in 2007 and approximately 930,000 Malawians were HIV positive. HIV-related complications cause 68,000 deaths each year, and estimates from the 2010 United Nations General Assembly Special Session Country Progress Report indicate there are approximately 84,000 new HIV infections annually.
With an agreement signed in May 2009, Malawi was the first country to create a Partnership Framework (PF) with the USG to coordinate the response to the epidemic. The PF provides a five-year joint strategic framework focused on service delivery, HIV/AIDS policy reform, and shared financial and/or in-kind commitments for Malawi and the United States. The Malawi PF focuses on reducing new HIV infections, improving the quality of treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS, mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS, and supporting the Malawian Government’s efforts in these areas. The Partnership Framework Implementation Plan was signed in July 2010.
View the full USAID HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Malawi - September 2010 [PDF, 147KB].
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