PMTCT services where targeted pregnant women can be counseled and tested voluntary for HIV. 95. Thanks to sustained Prevention Mother to Child Transmission Control Therapy (PMTCT) campaigns and HIV testing during antenatal care visits, considerable reduction has been recorded in HIV mother-to-child transmission and was kept at 1.8% by 18 months since 2013. Among the 3,565,538 people voluntary tested from January to December 2015, 61.3% were women. Rwanda is currently on track to provide universal access to lifesaving antiretroviral treatment for those in need by 2015. In 2015, 74.5% of adults and children eligible for ARVs received them50. 96. Every 5 years, the Government through the NISR, conducts the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). Three editions have been published and the fourth is due in 2014.The Rwanda Biomedical Center, in collaboration with key Government departments, development partners, the UN and civil society, regularly carry out research and disseminate information on various health issues, including women’s health. In 2013, the center, in collaboration with UNAIDS, published the “Gender Assessment of Rwanda’s national HIV Response”. The Ministry of Health and partners also carry out and publish research results on different aspects of women’s health, such as the “Comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis and nutrition survey” (2012). 51 Article 15: Right to Food Security 97. Recognized achievements have been recorded due to Government initiatives including cow distribution to poor households (one cow per family- Girinka programme), crop intensification and land consolidation and post-harvest and granaries installation (ubuhunikiro). This is also a major public health boost in reducing malnutrition and stunting. In addition, the Government has put in place concrete programmes to improve private sector development including incubation centres for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in both rural and urban areas, with a focus on women and youth and has also 50 51 Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Rwanda Global Aids Response Progress Report (GARPR), March 2014 NISR et al. 2012. Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey. Rwanda. Page 95 of 105

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