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Botswana needs to sustain strides made in fighting AIDS

Botswana was the first high-burden country to achieve silver status on the path to the elimination of vertical HIV transmission
Botswana was the first high-burden country to achieve silver status on the path to the elimination of vertical HIV transmission

Global shocks such as COVID-19 and the Ukraine war have undeniably slowed down the global goal to end AIDS by 2030.

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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According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...

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