Botswana needs to sustain strides made in fighting AIDS
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Botswana was the first high-burden country to achieve silver status on the path to the elimination of vertical HIV transmission
The In Danger: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022 shows that over the last two years, crises have created extraordinary headwinds that threaten national AIDS responses in Botswana and beyond.
Amid these challenges, Botswana was the first high-burden country to achieve silver status on the path to the elimination of vertical HIV transmission.
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