2012 PROGRESS REPORT: Elimination of Mother-to-Child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis in the Americas 2012

The current report summarizes progress based on information provided by countries as part of the 2012 universal access reporting process; the objective is to analyze, review, and synthesize the programmatic response and results in countries to achieve the goals of the Elimination Initiative. This report is a summary follow up to the 2011 report entitled 2010 Situation Analysis: Elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and Congenital Syphilis in the Americas.

In the area of primary prevention for HIV and syphilis, tracking progress is challenging due to gaps or limited comparability of data. More countries showed decreases in early sexual debut but changes in knowledge of HIV among young people can not be ascertained due to limited data. However, HIV and syphilis prevalence decreases in a greater number of countries than those where it increases but this may respond to expanding testing to lower risk women or changing survey methodologies. In summary, while some regional progress is seen, data limitations and gaps impede definitive conclusions on trends.

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