Wednesday, 6 April 2016

Botswana Leads World in HIV Diagnosis, Treatment

FILE - A mother carries a child on her back as she visits an exhibition on HIV/AIDS in Gaborone, Botswana. The country has reached a viral suppression rate of 96 percent among its infected citizens.


The tiny southern African nation of Botswana is leading the way in treatment and containment of the virus that causes AIDS. It is exceeding goals for addressing the HIV crisis, well ahead of a deadline set by the United Nations.
Botswana, with HIV infection rates of up to 25 percent of the adult population, has moved ahead of other countries — both Western nations and the economically disadvantaged — in tackling the AIDS epidemic.


The United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS has called on countries to strive to ensure that 90 percent of their citizens know their HIV status and that 90 percent are treated with ant-retroviral therapy to achieve 90 percent viral suppression.
A new report published in The Lancet HIV has found that Botswana is exceeding those goals, well ahead of a 2020 deadline.

Botswana has reached a viral suppression rate of 96 percent among its infected citizens, mostly between the ages 15-49, according to Max Essex, chair of Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health AIDS Initiative.
The reason? Essex said the middle-income country has been open to letting in international AIDS researchers and clinicians to assist in the fight.

Botswana also started the battle early in 2001 with a goal of testing high-risk populations and making sure anti-AIDS drugs were available to people who needed them, even in remote villages.
“So you can’t say it can’t be done even in sub-Saharan Africa where there are very high rates of infection and where there’s not a lot of pre-existing number of physician AIDS specialists and that sort of thing,” he said.

Countries in the West, according to Essex, are lagging behind Botswana in the fight to suppress the virus that causes AIDS, reaching anywhere from 60 percent of their HIV-infected citizens in Europe and just 30 percent in the United States.
In the absence of a cure for AIDS, Essex said the U.N. estimates that suppression of the virus through identification and treatment could result in a dramatic drop in HIV transmission rates.
“In the way the World Health Organization set up those goals," he added, "they stated that if all countries or the world could reach those guidelines by 2020, then within 10 years of that, rates of new infections should go down by 90 percent in the world.”

Botswana's experience seems to show the validity of that approach, and Essex said he is optimistic that other countries will eventually catch up to it.
“It will certainly take other countries considerably longer to," he said, "but I have no doubt that most countries can reach those goals if they want to and I certainly hope they want to.”
The hope continues for researchers to find an effective HIV vaccine to halt transmission.
Without that, Essex said reaching as many infected people as possible, and treating them with anti-retroviral drugs, offers the best hope of stopping the spread of the virus.

Source- Voice of America

14 comments:

  1. I have been suffering from HIV/AIDS disease for the last five years and had constant pain, especially in my body. During the first year,I had faith in God that i would be healed someday.This disease started circulate all over my body and i have been taking treatment from my doctor, few weeks ago i came on search on the internet if i could get any information concerning the prevention of this disease, on my search i saw a testimony of someone who has been healed from (Herpes virus and Cancer) by this Man Dr. Ozomudu and she also gave the email address of this man and advise we should contact him for any sickness that he would be of help, so i wrote to Dr Ozomudu telling him about my HIV/AIDS he told me not to worry that i was going to be cured!! hmm i never believed it,, well after all the procedures and remedy given to me by this man few weeks later i started experiencing changes all over me as the Dr Ozomudu assured me that i have cured,after some time i went to my doctor to confirmed if i have be finally healed behold it was true, So friends my advise is if you have such sickness disease, HERPES CURE OR CANCER OR HPV CURE,HIV&AIDS, or any other at all you can email Dr Ozomudu on: dr.ozomuduspellhome@gmail.com you call him

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  3. My name is eunice mabel from usa. I want the world to know
    about the great Dr. Ihibor who cured my hiv/aids.Just when I thought that all hope is gone. God then showed me another way by connecting me to the Great Dr. Ihibor who used herbal medicine to cured my four (4) years hiv/aids. A situation which as also kept me unmarried through out those trouble years. There is no medication I didn't take during those trouble years. I was going through the internet one day when I saw a testimony by one Mrs. Elizabeth on how this great Dr. Ihibor cured she and her husband of hiv/aids. So I decided to contact this great man also, and truly he prepared a herbal medicine for me
    which he instructed me to take within two week. I went for a test immediately I finished taking the herb and the result was Negative. Immediately my heart was field with Joy because I can happily look for my life partner now and get marry. Dr. Ihibor God will bless you, you will leave long. You can also contact this great Dr. Through email drihiborherbalhome@gmail.com OR call him on his
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  5. i already gave up on ever getting cured of HSV2 because i have try many treatment none of them work out for me i have go to different hospital they always tell me same thing there is no cure for herpes when i came across a post about Dr ohunyom, in the net from a lady called Angela i contacted him and he reassured me with him herbal medicine which i took according to the way he instructed, that how i was cured. I doubted at first because i have been to a whole lot of reputable doctors, tried a lot of medicines but none was able to cure me. so i decided to listen to him and he commenced treatment, and under two weeks i was totally fee from #Herpes. i want to say a very big thank you to DR ohunyom for what he has done in my life. feel free to leave him a message on email drohunyom@gmail.com and also WhatsApp him +2349060579973..
    He can still be able to help you with this herbs medicine:
    1...ALS CURE/DIABETES CURE/EPILESY/HPV CURE/LUPUS/HEPATITIS/CANCER/GOUT      

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  6. Joy and happiness is all i see around ever since i came in contact with this great man. i complained bitterly to him about me having herpes only for him to tell me it’s a minor stuff. He told me he has cured thousands of people but i did not believe until he sent me the herbal medicine and i took it as instructed by this great man, only to go to the hospital after two weeks for another test and i was confirmed negative. For the first time in four years i was getting that result. i want to use this medium to thank this great man. His name is Dr aziegbe, i came in contact with his email through a friend in UK and ever since then my live has been full with laughter and great peace of mind. i urge you all with herpes or HSV to contact him if you willing to give him a chance. you can contact him through this email DRAZIEGBE1SPELLHOME@GMAIL .COM or you can also WhatsApp him +2349035465208
    He also cured my friend with HIV and ever since then i strongly believe he can do all things. Don't be deceived thinking he does not work, i believe if you can get in contact with this man all your troubles will be over. i have done my part in spreading the good news. Contact him through his email and you will be the next to testify of his great work.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Life has not been easy for me, I am here to share the good news of my life, how I was cure through HSV2 by doc Aziegbe who help me within 2 weeks with the help of his herbal medicine I am from United states of America, so this Great doctor sent me a herbal which I took according to the way he instructed, just to find out I am cure after taking the cure for 2 week I found this man email from the internet, how he also help a lady from the same sickness. I am so happy to be writing this testimony to the world because this man really clean the tears in my heart and he is a man of his words I want to use this means to inform those of us who’s doctor had told there is no cure, well here is the chance to get yourself cured from this horrible sickness you can get Dr Aziegbe email here DRAZIEGBE1SPELLHOME@GMAIL. COM or you can also whatapp him +2349035465208 and the doctor also told me he can fix this sickenss also: 1. HIV / AIDS 2. HPV 3. CANCER 4. ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) 5. Hepatitis B

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  8. Happiness is all i see now I never thought that I will live on earth before the end of 2019. I have been suffering from a deadly disease (HIV) for the past 3 years now; I had spent a lot of money going from one places to another, from churches to churches, hospitals have been my home every day residence. Constant checks up have been my hobby not until this blessed day, I was searching through the internet, I saw a testimony on how Dr Ohunyom helped someone in curing his HIV disease, quickly I copied his email which is drohunyom@gmail.com just to give him a test I spoke to him, he told me that he is going to provide the herbal cure to me, which he did, then he asked me to go for medical checkup after about  after using the herbal cure, I was free from the deadly disease, he only asked me to post the testimony through the whole world, faithfully am doing it now, please brothers and sisters, he is great, I owe him in return. if you are having a similar problem just email him on drohunyom@gmail.com or WhatsApp +2349060579973 and  He also have herbs medicine to cured the following diseases; eczema,urethra wart,chronic problems.Herpes, Cancer, Als,Hepatitis, Diabetes, HPV,Infections,ulcer  ETC

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