By Chisomo Phiri
Malawi is said to be doing a great job in dealing with the new HIV infections after registering a decline in the infections by 73% between 2010 and 2022.
Briefing the media in Lilongwe, ahead of World Aids Day commemorations, Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, said Aids-related deaths have also been reduced by 68% during the same period.
On the UNAids 2030 targets, Chiponda said Malawi is close to achieving the 95.95:95 treatment targets, as of June 2023, the country was at 94. 99.95.
“Out of an estimated 1 million people living with HIV in Malawi, 927,000 were alive on lifelong antiretroviral treatment by end of June 2023,” she said.
Chiponda further said more needs to be done to save the young population as they continue to register high new HIV infection rates.
The minister said of the estimated 1 million people living with HIV in the country, over 900 thousand people are on lifelong Antiretroviral Treatment.
Meanwhile,the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of African Affairs Melanie Higgins, has hailed Malawi for the strides made in the fight against the pandemic.
