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. 2017 Apr;18(4):305-307.
doi: 10.1111/hiv.12431. Epub 2016 Aug 18.

Sweden, the first country to achieve the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)/World Health Organization (WHO) 90-90-90 continuum of HIV care targets

M Gisslén  1 , V Svedhem  2 , L Lindborg  3 , L Flamholc  4 , H Norrgren  5 , S Wendahl  6 , M Axelsson  7 , A Sönnerborg  2   8
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Sweden, the first country to achieve the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)/World Health Organization (WHO) 90-90-90 continuum of HIV care targets

M Gisslén et al. HIV Med. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Objectives: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)/World Health Organization (WHO) 90-90-90 goals propose that 90% of all people living with HIV should know their HIV status, 90% of those diagnosed should receive antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 90% of those should have durable viral suppression. We have estimated the continuum of HIV care for the entire HIV-1-infected population in Sweden.

Methods: The Swedish InfCare HIV Cohort Study collects viral loads, CD4 counts, and viral sequences, along with demographic and clinical data, through an electronic clinical decision support system. Almost 100% of those diagnosed with HIV infection are included in the database, corresponding to 6946 diagnosed subjects living with HIV-1 in Sweden by 31 December 2015.

Results: Using HIV surveillance data reported to the Public Health Agency of Sweden, it was estimated that 10% of all HIV-infected subjects in Sweden remain undiagnosed. Among all diagnosed patients, 99.8% were linked to care and 97.1% of those remained in care. On 31 December 2015, 6605 of 6946 patients (95.1%) were on ART. A total of 6395 had been on treatment for at least 6 months and 6053 of those (94.7%) had a viral load < 50 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL.

Conclusions: The 2014 UNAIDS/WHO 90-90-90 goals for HIV care means that > 73% of all patients living with HIV should be virologically suppressed by 2020. Sweden has already achieved this target, with 78% suppression, and is the first country reported to meet all the UNAIDS/WHO 90-90-90 goals.

Keywords: HIV; antiretroviral treatment; continuum of care; treatment cascade.

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The Swedish HIV continuum of care 2015, showing the estimated proportion of all HIV‐1‐infected subjects in Sweden achieving various goals of engagement in HIV care. Red horizontal lines indicate 2014 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)/World Health Organization (WHO) 90‐90‐90‐targets. Numbers above bars indicate the proportion of the number at the previous level; numbers within bars indicate the proportion of all HIV‐infected individuals. ART, antiretroviral therapy.
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