Key Statistics
Globally 36.9 people are living with HIV at the end of 2017 (UNAIDS, 2017). UK national data on HIV show that around 20,000 women were living with diagnosed HIV in the UK in 2016. (Public Health England, 2017). Between 2012 and 2016 the number of women diagnosed each year declined from around 1700 to 1200. The number of diagnosed pregnant women reported to the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy and Childhood (NSHPC) also declined from a peak of over 1450 in 2010 to 1100 in 2015.
HIV and pregnancy statistics (UK and NI)
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How many pregnancies to HIV positive women in the UK have been reported to RCOG since 1990?
In the UK, what is the transmission rate to babies born to HIV positive women on effective treatment?
In Northern Ireland, how many babies have there been born to women with HIV (up to 2016)?