HIV Distribution Across Sub-Saharan Africa Between 2000 and 2017

Despite significant scale-up in antiretroviral therapy, HIV/AIDS continues to be the leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa, where 71% of people living with HIV (PLWH) reside and where 65% of new infections and 75% of deaths occurred in 2017. Yet HIV prevalence in the region varies markedly between countries and even within a country. To better target resources and interventions, local data at the district level are needed. These investigators provide comprehensive district-level data on HIV prevalence in 47 sub-Saharan countries from 2000 to 2017.

In Botswana, with a 2017 national HIV prevalence of 22.8%, prevalence at the district level ranged from 15.1% to 27.7%. In Tanzania, with a lower national prevalence (3.9%), the district-lev…