An individual living with HIV near Gaborone lost access to a community adherence group when the U.S.-funded program was terminated. As of November 2025, after 10 months without the community health worker assistance provided by the terminated program, she said she was struggling to keep up with her treatment and might run out of medicine.
Date: 11/25
Region: Africa
Country: Botswana
Topic: Health
Policy Lens: Global Health Security
Entry Type: Human Impact
Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report’s original reporting, “One year after US aid freeze, HIV care in Africa is in retreat.” The feature story assesses how one year after the U.S. foreign aid freeze, HIV treatment still exists across much of Africa — but the outreach, prevention, and monitoring systems that sustained it have frayed. The report looks at how access to care has been reshaped in Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, and Botswana.
This story is attributed to Lebole Dilegang who participated in a community health outreach program through Humana People to People Botswana.
Source: Devex