Overview
- The Health Ministry announced the national elimination target last Tuesday and said roughly 430,000 people in Mexico live with HIV, of whom about 302,000 are diagnosed and an estimated 128,000 remain undiagnosed.
- Authorities reported that among people already diagnosed the country meets the 95-95-95 benchmarks with 95% on treatment and 95% of those treated achieving viral suppression.
- The government says antiretroviral drugs are provided free through public providers and that procurement and distribution are consolidated to secure supply, but statements conflict on whether patients receive two- or three-month medication refills.
- Testing is being expanded across primary-care units, health fairs, schools and workplaces and the strategy includes prevention tools such as PrEP for those at higher risk and PEP available within 72 hours in emergency services.
- Health officials emphasized that sustained viral suppression prevents sexual transmission and said locating the undiagnosed and keeping uninterrupted treatment will determine whether Mexico reaches elimination by 2030.