Health ministry comments on US funding crisis :: Mmegi Online

PRESS STATEMENT: Like many countries across the world, Botswana has been fortunate to receive generous aid from the Government of the United States of America for many decades.

In the health sector, this aid comprised funding for direct service delivery and technical support, which has over the years been instrumental to the growth of the health sector of this country. Through the support from U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US has been part and parcel of the Botswana health story. Since the introduction of PEPFAR in 2003, the health sector has cumulatively benefited support amounting to more than One Billion Pula.

The US support has been instrumental in helping Botswana to be one of the first countries in the world to reach and exceed the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets well ahead of time. As a result, many people living with HIV/AIDS in Botswana are able to live long.

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Health ministry comments on US funding crisis

PRESS STATEMENT: Like many countries across the world, Botswana has been fortunate to receive generous aid from the Government of the United States of America for many decades.

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