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Zimbabwe

HIV Epidemic

  • 14.7% Estimated HIV prevalence among adults 15–49 Years (2015)
  • 26,000 Estimated AIDS-related deaths among adults 15+ Years (2015)
  • 878,461 Estimated number of adults living with HIV receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART) (2015)

Source: UNAIDS Global Report 2016

TB Epidemic

  • 242/100,000 Estimated TB Incidence (2015)
  • 70% of tested TB patients who were HIV-positive (2015)

Source: WHO Global TB Control Report 2016

 

What We Do

CDC-Zimbabwe supports service delivery, quality assurance, and evaluation of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT).

CDC helps support a national HIV training and mentoring program, national HIV care quality assurance activities, laboratory quality management and patient monitoring improvement, health management information systems strengthening, and the improvement of national programs for hospital-acquired infection prevention and control.

CDC supports national monitoring and evaluation efforts, including surveillance for HIV drug resistance and related “early warning” indicators.

Discover more about CDC’s work in Zimbabwe by viewing our detailed country profile.

More Information

More information and data regarding HIV and TB in Zimbabwe is available online at WHO's TB Country Profiles.

More information about CDC’s global health work in Zimbabwe is available online at CDC in Zimbabwe

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