Metrics details. Globally, by the end of , This study was to explore the trends and spatial distributions of HIV cases in Ethiopia. The overall prevalence of HIV in Ethiopia unveiled inconsistent trends, with the majority of areas showing decreasing trends.
Hot spot clusters exhibited in all the three surveys, which include areas where Amhara, Afar and Tigray regions share neighbourhoods. In regionally, Gambella, Addis Ababa, and Harari had the highest prevalence at 6.
While in the survey the highest prevalence 4. This analysis revealed that there are still areas which need studying with respect to the epidemic of HIV. In this regard Addis Ababa, certain areas of Amhara regional state, large areas of Afar region and central Oromia require special attention. Please see Additional file 1 for translations of the abstract into the five official working languages of the United Nations. Globally, over 76 million people have been infected with human immunodeficiency virus HIV , and HIV infection has contributed more than 35 million deaths since its emergence.
By the end of , about Sub-Saharan Africa remains among the hardest hit regions by the pandemic, with nearly one in every 25 adults 4. In Ethiopia, the annual number of HIV infected people showed declining trends since Over the past two decades HIV prevalence rate decreased from 3.
The number of HIV infections among adult Ethiopians was estimated at in , increasing by infections from This is related to their distinctive characteristics; Gambella region is known for its lower coverage of male circumcision [ 3 ] which is one of the risk factors for HIV exposure.
