Vanuatu: Global AIDS Progress Report 2015

The first HIV case in Vanuatu was found in 2002. To date, the cumulative number of HIV cases is 9, with four of these detected in 2012 alone. Six people are still alive today, while three have died. However, the number of officially reported HIV cases is based on passive testing through VCT centres, and actual HIV numbers are expected to be much higher. HIV testing is still very limited, with only 2,068 HIV tests in 2014 (1350 male; 718 female), a mere 0.18% of the total population. In 2013, only 27% (367/1344) of all pregnant women were tested for HIV.