<p>Recent infection was higher in females at younger age. Pregnant and lactating women contributed significantly to the overall recent infections, pointing out to the need of up-scaling HIV prevention strategies in order to successfully eliminate vertical transmission of HIV. There was low HIV community testing and contact tracing. We recommend targeted combination HIV prevention strategies to young men and women, enhanced contact tracing and promotion of community HIV testing. Following these findings, we followed up on 93 contacts of HIV recently infected individuals.</p>