Achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Programme in Nyamira County Referral Hospital

Abstract

Introduction: The HIV epidemic can only be ended with the certainty that all people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) have access to sustained Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART).
Objectives: The broad objective was to evaluate the achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 programme in Nyamira County Referral Hospital (NCRH). Specific objectives were to find out how many clients had been tested, how many PLHIV were on sustained ART and how many PLHIV on ART had achieved viral suppression.
Study Design and Setting:
Quantitative, retrospective design at Nyamira County Referral Hospital, Nyamira County, Kenya. Secondary data from 2014- 2018 at the Ante-Natal Clinic and Outpatient and Inpatient departments was used.
Results: Analysis of the separate elements of the treatment goals revealed that an average of 31% know their HIV status, 98% of the PLHIV between 2016-2018 are linked to CCC for sustained ART and 80% of PLHIV on ART are virally suppressed.
Conclusion: Data collected revealed that NCRH has not yet achieved the 90-90-90 UNAIDS treatment goals as a whole.
Recommendations: More patient testing is required to achieve HIV eradication and use of task shifting to increase access of ART to PLHIV.