HIV and AIDS in Rwanda 2010 Epidemiologic Update

Each year the Government of Rwanda develops estimates of the burden of HIV infection in order to inform national strategic and operational planning and to address national and international reporting commitments. The Rwanda Technical Working Group (TWG) on HIV Estimations and Models developed this 2010 HIV and AIDS Epidemiologic Update from January to April 2010 using the updated 2010 Estimation and Projection Package (EPP) (Version Beta U) and the most recent version of the Spectrum software package (Version 3.46). EPP generates an epidemic curve of the HIV epidemic based on sentinel HIV sero-surveillance data and national level surveys that included HIV biological markers. Spectrum uses the epidemic (incidence) curve of EPP and other programmatic data as inputs to generate estimates of prevalence, new HIV infections, AIDS related mortality, and orphans due to HIV and AIDS. Information on the models can be found on the UNAIDS and the USAID | Health Policy Initiative websites.