Efforts made by the CDC and other international partners contributed to a 50 percent reduction in HIV infection rates in Swaziland from 2011 to 2016.
Swaziland has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world. The Swazi Ministry of Health and the CDC detected the reduction after conducting a population-based HIV impact assessment.
"CDC plays an essential role in the global HIV response by ensuring that programs rapidly respond to new data for greatest impact," said CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald, MD. "These findings show a dramatic transformation in Swaziland where, at one time, HIV was destabilizing family structures, communities and its economy. CDC's commitment as a longstanding stakeholder in the global HIV response, working side-by-side with ministries of health on evidence-based programs, has helped transform some of the world's most severe HIV epidemics."
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