The number of people living with HIV has stabilised with just under 20 million people tested for HIV between 2010 and mid 2012. There have been reductions in mother to child transmission from 8% in 2008, to 3.5% in 2011, which protected more than 30 000 infants from infection. Important also was the reduction in the costs of drugs for the treatment of HIV. The health sector has initiated a number programmes addressing maternal and child health. The immunisation coverage for diarrhoea and pneumonia has reached over 70 percent. There are continuing efforts at improving the quality of health facilities with over 75 percent facilities having undergone quality audits. A human resource strategy had been developed, training plans for hospital managers were now in place, and there was progress in primary healthcare (PHC) re-engineering and deployment of health teams to communities.