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L Series
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


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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

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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 Table 1. More Women Living With HIV in 90 Countries, Fewer in Under 30 Countries, 2001–2005 

Estimated Numbers of Women of Reproductive Age With HIV, by Country

Region & Country

2001** 

2005*** 

% Change

% Women
Age 15+ With
HIV, 2005

DEVELOPING AREAS

 

 

 

 

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 

 

6.34

Angola

110,000

170,000

55

4.39

Benin

34,000

45,000

32

2.21

Botswana

190,000

140,000

-26

27.08

Burkina Faso

140,000

80,000

-43

2.33

Burundi

120,000

79,000

-34

3.70

Cameroon

280,000

290,000

4

5.77

Central African Republic

130,000

130,000

0

10.56

Chad

97,000

90,000

7

3.59

Congo

45,000

61,000

36

5.71

Côte d'Ivoire

270,000

400,000

48

7.91

Democratic Republic of Congo

540,000

520,000

-4

3.48

Djibouti

4,200

8,400

100

3.16

Equatorial Guinea

NA

4,700

NA

3.13

Ethiopia*

670,000

NA

NA

NA

Eritrea

31,000

31,000

0

2.37

Gabon

21,000

33,000

57

7.80

Gambia

3,500

11,000

214

2.48

Ghana

170,000

180,000

6

2.76

Guinea

59,000

53,000

-10

2.28

Guinea-Bissau

NA

17,000

NA

3.83

Kenya

750,000

740,000

-1

7.65

Lesotho

170,000

150,000

-12

25.38

Liberia

45,000

NA

NA

NA

Madagascar

55,000

13,000

-76

0.26

Malawi

440,000

500,000

14

15.63

Mali

65,000

66,000

2

1.98

Mauritania

3,300

6,300

91

0.71

Mauritius

NA

<1000

NA

0.21

Mozambique

640,000

960,000

50

16.07

Namibia

100,000

130,000

30

21.42

Niger

29,000

42,000

45

1.32

Nigeria

1,800,000

1,600,000

-11

3.90

Rwanda

120,000

91,000

-24

3.56

Senegal

21,000

33,000

57

1.07

Sierra Leone

NA

26,000

NA

1.60

Somalia

NA

23,000

NA

0.84

South Africa

2,700,000

3,100,000

15

19.54

Swaziland

110,000

120,000

9

34.58

Togo

53,000

61,000

15

4.13

Uganda

310,000

520,000

68

7.65

Tanzania

820,000

710,000

-13

6.73

Zambia

450,000

570,000

27

18.97

Zimbabwe

900,000

890,000

-1

23.33

Near East & North Africa 

 

 

 

0.31

Algeria

800

4,100

413

0.04

Egypt

1,200

<1000

-17

0.00

Lebanon

<500

<1000

50

0.06

Morocco

NA

4,000

NA

0.04

Oman

<200

NA

NA

NA

Sudan

170,000

180,000

6

1.68

Tunisia

<200

1,900

850

0.05

Asia

 

 

 

0.19

Afghanistan

NA

<100

NA

0.00

Bangladesh

NA

1,400

NA

0.00

Brunei

<200

<100

50

0.08

Cambodia

48,000

59,000

23

1.44

China

130,000

180,000

38

0.04

India*

1,500,000

1,600,000

7

0.44

Indonesia

6,900

29,000

320

0.04

Iran

1,900

11,000

479

0.04

Lao People's Democratic Republic

<200

<1000

400

0.06

Malaysia

6,300

17,000

170

0.20

Mongolia

<200

<100

-50

0.01

Myanmar

78,000

110,000

41

0.62

Nepal

9,100

16,000

76

0.21

Pakistan

4,300

14,000

226

0.03

Philippines

900

3,400

278

0.01

Republic of Korea

600

1,400

133

0.01

Singapore

800

1,500

88

0.09

Sri Lanka

<500

<1000

100

0.01

Thailand

200,000

220,000

9

0.88

Viet Nam

41,000

84,000

51

0.28

Latin American & Caribbean

 

 

 

0.33

Argentina

23,000

36,000

57

0.24

Bahamas

2,500

3,800

52

3.17

Barbados

800

<1000

25

0.89

Belize

1,000

1,000

0

1.16

Bolivia

1,100

1,900

73

0.06

Brazil

230,000

220,000

-4

0.32

Chile

8,000

7,600

-5

0.13

Colombia

40,000

45,000

13

0.28

Costa Rica

3,500

2,000

-43

0.13

Cuba

1,000

2,600

160

0.06

Dominican Republic

23,000

31,000

35

1.01

Ecuador

6,200

12,000

94

0.26

El Salvador

7,700

9,900

29

0.43

Guatemala

27,000

16,000

-41

0.42

Guyana

6,100

6,600

8

2.29

Haiti

140,000

96,000

-31

3.42

Honduras

27,000

16,000

-41

0.73

Jamaica

7,200

6,900

-4

0.70

Mexico

49,000

42,000

-14

0.11

Nicaragua

1,800

1,700

-6

0.10

Panama

4,100

4,300

5

0.40

Paraguay

2,700

3,500

30

0.19

Peru

16,000

26,000

63

0.27

Suriname

1,300

1,400

8

0.85

Trinidad and Tobago

13,000

15,000

15

2.86

Uruguay

1,800

5,300

194

0.39

Venezuela

23,000

31,000

35

0.34

Oceania

 

 

 

1.80

Fiji

<200

<500

150

0.17

Papua New Guinea

2,900

34,000

1,072

0.02

 

 

 

 

 

DEVELOPED AREAS

 

 

 

 

Western Europe 

 

 

 

0.11

Austria

2,200

2,300

5

0.07

Belgium

2,900

5,400

86

0.12

Denmark

800

1,300

63

0.06

Finland

<500

<1000

100

0.04

France

30,000

45,000

50

0.18

Germany

8,100

15,000

85

0.04

Greece

1,800

2,000

11

0.04

Iceland

<200

<100

-50

0.09

Ireland

700

1,800

157

0.11

Italy

42,000

50,000

19

0.19

Netherlands

3,300

5,900

79

0.09

Norway

<500

<1000

100

0.05

Portugal

4,200

1,300

-69

0.03

Serbia and Montenegro

10,000

2,000

-80

0.04

Spain

26,000

32,000

23

0.18

Sweden

900

2,500

178

0.07

Switzerland

3,600

5,900

64

0.19

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland*

11,000

21,000

91

0.08

Eastern Europe & Central Asia

 

 

 

0.31

Armenia

700

<1000

43

0.08

Azerbaijan

NA

<1000

NA

0.03

Belarus

NA

5,100

NA

0.11

Czech Republic

700

<1000

43

0.02

Estonia

1,600

2,400

50

0.39

Georgia

<600

<1000

67

0.05

Hungary

NA

<1000

NA

0.02

Kazakhstan

3,500

6,800

94

0.11

Kyrgyzstan

<500

<1000

100

0.05

Latvia

1,900

2,200

16

0.20

Lithuania

<500

<1000

100

0.06

Poland

NA

7,500

NA

0.04

Russian Federation

170,000

210,000

24

0.32

Ukraine

96,000

200,000

108

0.91

Uzbekistan

1,000

4,100

310

0.04

North America

 

 

 

0.23

Canada*

12,000

9,600

-20

0.07

United States of America

180,000

300,000

67

0.25

Other Developed