America's New HIV Intervention For Botswana

In collaboration with the  Ministry of Health, the US government, through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Harvard School of Public Health through the Botswana-Harvard Partnership (BHP), announced the launch of a new collaborative study with the  first stage of the four-year study set to begin in Digawana and Ranaka villages.

The study is called Ya Tsie (derived from the Setswana proverb meaning "Teamwork bears more fruit than individual effort") and is also referred to as the Botswana Combination Prevention Project. Specifically, the study will determine whether coordinated and strengthened community-based HIV prevention methods prevent the spread of the virus better than the standard methods that are offered individually today.