Zimbabwe has been one of the countries with the highest HIV burden in Southern Africa over the 30 year period that HIV and AIDS have been
causing havoc to the nation. Zimbabwe has an estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV , with a prevalence rate of 13.7% according to 2015 estimates.
Zimbabwe HIV epidemic is dynamic and heterogeneous. With increased amount of strategic information made available on the epidemic
from 1985 when the first case was identified. Tremendous progress has been made in raising awareness about HIV , through behavior change
programmes implemented among other prevention programmes. Stigma and discrimination was also reduced over time due to availability and
access to information by the general public.
The government of Zimbabwe through an act of parliament introduced the AIDS levy which is administered through National AIDS council in an
effort to fight the scourge. Civil society play a bigger role in the fight though voluntary work within communities. United Nations and the global
community embarked on strategies to end AIDS by 2030 and the 90/90/90 targets by 2020 which includes up scaling HTS through self testing and
decentralizing ART to more than 1560 sites in Zimbabwe. Reduction of the pill burden has a remarkable acceptance from within communities
of PLHIV. As Zimbabwe adopted and domesticated firstly the 2013 and now the 2015 WHO guidelines including Option B+, this is widely seen
as the positive steps towards ending AIDS by 2030 and the achievement of the 90/90/90 targets. Communities and networks of people living with
HIV play an integral part in harnessing social capital which is critical for the achievements of the goals set. Opportunities to end AIDS have been
explored . Treatment literacy and stigma reduction activities will go a long way in achieving the set targets