Argentina

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HIV and AIDS Estimates

Adults and children living with HIV	120 000 [110 000 - 130 000]
Adults aged 15 and over living with HIV	120 000 [100 000 - 130 000]
Women aged 15 and over living with HIV	38 000 [34 000 - 42 000]
Men aged 15 and over living with HIV	78 000 [70 000 - 85 000]
Children aged 0 to 14 living with HIV	1200 [<1000 - 1400]
Adult aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.4 [0.4 - 0.4]
Women aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.3 [0.2 - 0.3]
Men aged 15 to 49 HIV prevalence rate	0.5 [0.5 - 0.6]
HIV prevalence among young women	0.1 [0.1 - 0.2]
HIV prevalence among young men	0.2 [0.1 - 0.3]
Adults and children newly infected with HIV	5500 [4700 - 6100]
Adults aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	5400 [4700 - 6000]
Women aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	1600 [1400 - 1800]
Men aged 15 and over newly infected with HIV	3800 [3300 - 4300]
Children aged 0 to 14 newly infected with HIV	<100 [<100 - <100]
HIV incidence per 1000 population (adults 15-49)	0.25 [0.24 - 0.25]
HIV incidence per 1000 population (all ages)	0.13 [0.11 - 0.14]
Adult and child deaths due to AIDS	2400 [1800 - 2900]
Deaths due to AIDS among adults aged 15 and over	2300 [1800 - 2900]
Deaths due to AIDS among women aged 15 and over	<500 [<500 - <1000]
Deaths due to AIDS among men aged 15 and over	1800 [1400 - 2200]
Deaths due to AIDS among children aged 0 to 14	<100 [<100 - <100]
Orphans due to AIDS aged 0 to 17	19 000 [15 000 - 23 000]

HIV testing and treatment cascade

People living with HIV	120 000 [110 000 - 130 000]	Source: Spectrum
People living with HIV who know their status	92 000	Source: GAM (case surveillance)
Percent of people living with HIV who know their status	79 [71 - 86]
People living with HIV who are on ART	75 000	Source: Spectrum
Percent of people living with HIV who are on ART	64
People living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads	58 000	Source: GAM; Viral load testing coverage: 1%
Percent of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads	50

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)

Coverage of adults and children receiving ART (%)	64 [58 - 70]
Adults aged 15 and over receiving ART	64 [58 - 70]
Women aged 15 and over receiving ART	75 [68 - 82]
Men aged 15 and over receiving ART	58 [52 - 64]
Children aged 0 to 14 receiving ART	>95 [>95 - >95]
Number of adults and children receiving ART (#)	75 400
Adults aged 15 and over receiving ART	73 900
Women aged 15 and over receiving ART	28 800
Men aged 15 and over receiving ART	45 200
Children aged 0 to 14 receiving ART	1400
Late HIV diagnosis [with the initial CD4 cell count <200 cells/ mm3] (%)	33
Late HIV diagnosis among adults aged 15 and over
Late HIV diagnosis among women	28
Late HIV diagnosis among men	36
Adults and children known to be on ART 12 months after starting (%)	78
Adults known to be on ART 12 months after starting
Children known to be on ART 12 months after starting

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission

Coverage of pregnant women who receive ARV for PMTCT (%)	91 [79 - >95]
Pregnant women who received ARV for PMTCT (#)	1400
Pregnant women needing ARV for PMTCT (#)	1600 [1400 - 1700]
Early infant diagnosis (%)	73 [66 - 84]
New HIV infections averted due to PMTCT (%)	<500 [<500 - <500]

Sex workers

Population size estimate (#)	74 896
HIV prevalence (%)
Condom use (%)	96.3	Source: UBATEC PEMAR 2012 Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida y Comportamientos en Población en Mayor Riesgo de contraer el VIH (PEMAR)

Men who have sex with men

Population size estimate (#)	205 596
HIV prevalence (%)	11.4	Source: Prevalencia de infección por VIH y Treponema Pallidum en poblaciones Vulnerables de Argentina; Instituto de investigaciones biomédicas en retrovirus y SIDA (INBIRS), 2014
Condom use (%)	87.8	Source: UBATEC PEMAR 2012 Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida y Comportamientos en Población en Mayor Riesgo de contraer el VIH (PEMAR)

People who inject drugs

Population size estimate (#)	6300

Prisoners

HIV prevalence (%)	2.9	Source: Global AIDS Monitoring, 2016
Antiretroviral therapy coverage (%)	87.4	Source: National Programme data 2016
HIV prevention programmes in prisons: condoms distributed (#)	1 241 000	Source: Servicio Penitenciario Federal; Servicio Penitenciario Bonaerense 2016
Prevalence of TB infection among prisoners (%)	2.8	Source: Servicio Penitenciario Federal; Servicio Penitenciario Bonaerense
Prevalence of hepatitis C infection among prisoners (%)	2.8	Type of infection (HCV or HCV/HIV) not specified; Source: Servicio Penitenciario Federal; Servicio Penitenciario Bonaerense

TB and HIV

Co-management of TB and HIV treatment (%)	28 [20 - 44]
Estimated TB-related deaths among people living with HIV (#)	<100 [<100 - <200]