The Haiti Population-based HIV Impact Assessment 2019-2020 (HAPHIA), a household-based, national survey was conducted between July 2019 and November 2020 to measure the status of Haiti’s national HIV response. The HAPHIA survey offered home-based testing and counseling (HBTC) with the return of results and collected information about households and individuals’ backgrounds, as well as the uptake of HIV care and treatment services.
This was the first survey to estimate national HIV incidence, national and regional prevalence of HIV and of viral load suppression (VLS) (defined as HIV RNA <1,000 copies per milliliter [mL] among adults (ages 15-64 years) living with HIV), and progress toward achievement of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets by 2020. The results of the survey provide critical information on national and subnational region-level progress toward control of the HIV epidemic.
Note that this survey took place in an environment marked by socio-political unrest, which prevented adherence to the initial data collection plan. The duration of the fieldwork was longer than expected and took place over three periods: from July 2019 to September 2019, from January 2020 to March 2020, and from October 2020 to November 2020. Pauses were due to security unrest in Haiti and the state of emergency period for the COVID-19 pandemic. This report’s release was also delayed due to socio-political unrest.
This project is supported by the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through CDC under the terms of cooperative agreement #U2GGH001226. The findings and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the funding agencies.
Haiti Final Report (French)
