Due to cuts to community outreach initiatives, misinformation regarding initial stop work orders for HIV services spread unverified in central Uganda. Some rural individuals living with HIV rationed medication during this time, thinking their clinic had closed. This led to increased viral activity and potential drug resistance in some patients.

Date: 3/25

Region: Africa

Country: Uganda

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.

Source: Devex