THE REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA’S COMBINED REPORT ON THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON HUMAN & PEOPLES’ RIGHTS & INITIAL REPORT ON THE PROTOCOL TO THE AFRICAN CHARTER ON THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN IN AFRICA The 2013 DHS showed that the adult HIV prevalence (HIV1&2) is 1.9 per cent among adults 15-49 years. There are no significant differences between the HIV prevalence of 2.1 per cent (CI: 1.7 per cent-2.5 per cent) among women aged 15-49 years and 1.7 per cent (CI: 1.3 per cent-2.1 per cent) for men of same age group. However, modelling with Spectrum for the analysis of HIV situation of a country, the results indicate that 59.7 per cent (11613) of women and 40.3 per cent (7853) of male are living with HIV as of 2013. 18 HIV prevalence among pregnant women is 1.57 per cent (NHS 2012) with an estimated number of 1333 pregnant women needing ARV prophylaxis in 2013 but 729 HIV positive mothers were reached by December 2013 representing 55 per cent coverage. With current interventions, the rate of mother to child transmission of HIV is at 8.48 per cent. NAS INDICATORS – Source HMIS Number of adults and children currently receiving antiretroviral therapy among all adults and children living with HIV 5,022(25%) < 15 438 15+ 4,584 Male 1,418 Female 3,604 Number and percentage of women and men aged 15+ who received HIV test and know their results Number and percentage of pregnant women who know their HIV status 45,148(4.6%) 59,608(59.3%) PMTCT pregnant women who received triple combination therapy for the first time 743 Number of infants born to HIV positive mothers who were tested at 18 months 75 18DHS 2013 148