elimination of new pediatric hiv infection & prevention and response to survivors of domestic...

Elimination of New Pediatric HIV Infection

& Prevention and Response to Survivors

of Domestic and Gender Based Violence

in Rwanda

2012-2014Revised PowerPoint Summer 2013

Rwanda (The Millenium Development Goals Report 2011)

Republic in central and eastern Africa

Population: 10.5 million (August 2012)

Ethnic groups: Hutu 84%, Tutsi 15%, Twa 1%

One of the poorest countries in the world

GDP per capita (PPP US$): 1,032

Population below $1 (PPP) per day: 76.8%

Human Development Index Rank: 166 (1-187, 1 is highest)

Rwanda in Statistics (The Millenium Development Goals Report 2011)

Seats held by women in Parliament: 56% Female enrollment in primary education:

97% Life expectancy at birth: women 60, men 57

years Maternal mortality ratio: 487 deaths per

100,000 births Infant mortality rate: 70 deaths per 1,000 live

births Births attended by skilled health personnel:

52.1% Contraceptive prevalence rate: 36.4% 3% of the population HIV positive

90% infected during pregnancy

Children in Rwanda (Unicef 1/2011)

Half of the population children (48% 2012)

21% of children under 18 years of age are orphans

60% of Rwandan children live below the poverty line

11% of Rwandan children are involved in child labor

One of the world’s highest concentration of orphans

Rwanda - History

In the early 1990s, Hutu extremists within Rwanda’s political elite blamed the entire Tutsi minority population for the country’s increasing social, economic and political problems.

In 1994, the Rwandan genocide exploded after the plane which carried President Habyarimana, a Hutu, was shot down.

Under the cover of war, Hutu extremists launched the Rwandan genocide targeting the extinction of the Tutsi people.

Rwanda 1994

In 100 days, 500,000 - 1,000,000 Tutsi and politically moderate Hutu were killed.

Approximately 400,000 children were orphaned.

Women were raped. 50% of health

workers were killed or deported.

3,700,000 refugees.After the genocide and war, Rwanda has been a country of vulnerable women and children.

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS

After the genocide, Rwanda had critical issues impeding its development:

Gender-based violence

Critical issues:

Treating HIV positive women

Preventing transmission of the virus to their offspring

Giving women healthcare and reproductive health services

Preventing and responding to the violence stemming from the brutalization of the society

In response to these urgent needs Zonta International will provide US$1,000,000

to eliminate new pediatric HIV infections and prevent domestic and gender-based violence in Rwanda

in cooperation with the United Nations Children´s Fund (UNICEF).

Zonta International’s Support:US$600,000 (2008-2010)US$500,000 (2010-2012)US$1,000,000 (2012-2014)

Zonta International has a unique opportunity to help win the war on HIV and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS in

Rwanda!

Goals

Eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Rwanda by 2015

Reduce incidence and lessen the impact of gender-based violence

Zonta International has a unique opportunity to help win the war on HIV and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS

in Rwanda!

What has already been done?

Two One Stop Centers (OSCs Isange and Rusizi)

The Family Package Program

Rehabilitation of the Matyazo Health Center

The Family Package Program

The story of Angelique Mukamusoni

Outcomes

• Improved access to HIV testing

• Improved services for approximately 600,000 pregnant women

• HIV prevention policies and guidelines

• One Stop Centers in all provinces

• 3,000 survivors of violence will be served

The women and children of Rwanda thank you

for your donations to this program

and for making a difference

in Rwanda!