Chasing 95-95-95: progress, plateaus and what’s next

The 2026 EpiC dashboard estimates Lindi at 93-95-94 against the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, a further two-percentage-point gain on the mid-2025 midline.

Active treatment cohorts have grown to 4,180 clients across the six councils, with same-week linkage from new diagnosis holding at 96 percent.

The remaining gap is concentrated in two cohorts — adolescents aged 15 to 19 on ART, and clients with frequent movement between fishing landing sites. A dedicated cohort programme for both groups is in design for 2027 launch.

For adolescents the programme will pair every ART client with a trained adolescent peer navigator and shift refill points to community pickup. For mobile clients the programme will introduce a portable care record and a multi-site refill agreement across the coastal corridor.

Closing the remaining gaps will not be done by EpiC alone — it requires sustained council ownership, continued political support, and an evidence-led adolescent strategy that the country has not yet fully written. EpiC's role is to keep contributing the evidence and the operational discipline that make that strategy possible.