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Eritrea
In 2022, Eritrea took important steps in scaling up community-led HIV programmes and community-led monitoring to reduce new HIV infections with high-impact and evidence-based HIV prevention services; and address stigma and discrimination to ensure gender-responsive and people-centred services.
During the 2022 World AIDS Day, 10 000 information materials on HIV prevention, care, and treatment services, inequalities, stigma, and discrimination were distributed throughout the country through technical and financial assistance from the Joint Team (UNFPA).
The Government scaled up effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT), syphilis, hepatitis programmes, which included integrated hepatitis and antenatal care services putting the country on the right track for validation of elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT). Through the programme, 90 271 pregnant women were reached with antenatal care services and 97% of them were tested for HIV. The national EMTCT validation committee were trained and conducted the preliminary assessment of programme implementation, data quality, laboratory services as well as human rights, gender equalities and community engagement — final recommendations will be published in 2023 (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, WHO, UNAIDS Secretariat).