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Series L, Number 15 Issues in World Health

Family Planning Choices for Women With HIV

How providers can help women with HIV make reproductive decisions

CONTENTS

Home (Key Points)

Supporting the Reproductive Decisions of Women With HIV

Box: Family Planning Is a Key Strategy to Reduce Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV

Box: When a Woman With HIV Decides About Pregnancy

Box: Helping Women Talk With Their Partners About Contraception and Safer Sex

Box: Information Communication Technology: Mobile Phones Keep Women With HIV in Contact With Care

Women With HIV Can Safely Use Most Contraceptive Methods

Box: Dual Protection Strategies Help Prevent Pregnancy and STIs

Women With HIV Need the Facts About Pregnancy

Box: What People With HIV Need to Know About Pregnancy and
Preventing Pregnancy

Bibliography

Credits

From INFO's Toolbox
• INFO Report: “Women and HIV: Questions Answered”
• Web Tool: Assess Your Attitudes and Beliefs About People With HIV
• Box: What People With HIV Need to Know About Preventing Pregnancy

Quick Look
• Table 1: Comparing Contraceptive Methods for People with HIV
• Table 2: Drug Interactions: Combined Oral Contraceptives and Antiretroviral (ARV) Medications
• Web Box: Condoms at a Glance

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Web Figure. Most Women With HIV Live in Sub-Saharan Africa
Worldwide Distribution of Women Age 15+ With HIV, by Region, 2005

Geographic Distribution of Women With HIV

Geographic Distribution of Women With HIV

Number and Percentage of Women With HIV

Region & Selected Countries	Number of Women With HIV	% of Women with HIV
DEVELOPING AREAS	16,440,800	1.0
Sub-Saharan Africa	13,200,000	6.3
South Africa	3,100,000	19.5
Nigeria	1,600,000	3.9
Mozambique	960,000	16.1
Near East & North Africa	196,300	0.3
Sudan	180,000	1.7
Asia	2,370,000	0.2
India	1,600,000	0.4
Latin America & Caribbean	640,000	0.3
Brazil	220,000	0.3
Haiti	96,000	3.4
Pacific (Oceania)	34,500	1.8
Papua New Guinea	34,000	0.0

DEVELOPED AREAS	941,400	0.2
Europe	190,500	0.1
Italy	50,000	0.2
France	45,000	0.2
Eastern Europe & Central Asia	429,500	0.3
Russia	210,000	0.3
Ukraine	200,000	0.9
North America	310,000	0.2
United States	300,000	0.2
Other Developed*	11,400	0.0
Japan	9,900	0.0
WORLD	17,382,200	0.8

* Includes Australia, Israel, Japan, and New Zealand

Source: UNAIDS 2006 (102)

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