{"id":267201,"date":"2019-05-25T08:37:59","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T06:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=267201"},"modified":"2019-05-25T08:37:59","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T06:37:59","slug":"thousands-of-namibians-will-die-as-a-result-of-hiv-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=267201","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Namibians will die as a result of HIV AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_3\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Eba Kandovazu<br \/>\nSTARTLING revelations on the HIV statistics from the US President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) indicate that nearly 4 000 Namibians will die as a result of the various conditions brought on by infection in 2019.<br \/>\nIt is further reported that HIV is the leading cause of death among Namibian adults for over a decade. According to PEPFAR Country Coordinator in Namibia Carey Spear, by September this year, about 204 000 HIV infected Namibians will be on antiretroviral therapy (ART).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_267202\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60519266_2257877447612536_6890783295626280960_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-267202\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60519266_2257877447612536_6890783295626280960_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60519266_2257877447612536_6890783295626280960_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60519266_2257877447612536_6890783295626280960_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/60519266_2257877447612536_6890783295626280960_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured: PEPFAR Namibia country coordinator, Carey Spear, Randy Kolstad, Ambassador Lisa Johnson and Eric Dziuban. Photo: Eba Kandovazu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Spear maintained that currently, 12.6 percent of the adult population in the country is living with HIV.<br \/>\nAccording to Spear prison inmates form part of the vulnerable groups at risk of contracting the virus. She singled out prisoners as being sexually isolated and not well accounted for in the health system with regards to testing and treatment.<br \/>\n\u201cImportant program activities such as supply chain will ensure that inmates and mineworkers who are usually away from their families are taken care of in terms of commodity security and an uninterrupted delivery of HIV related services,\u201d she said.<br \/>\nThe US Ambassador, Lisa Johnson on her part applauded Namibia for its success in addressing the HIV epidemic. She said that the United States funding in HIV programming this year alone is valued at US$72 million.<br \/>\n\u201cPEPFAR will continue to use the latest data and science to direct resources where the burden of the HIV epidemic is largest, the need is highest and the dollars are most efficiently used,\u201d Johnson said.<br \/>\nOther programs supported by PEPFAR include cervical cancer screening and voluntary male circumcision.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266034\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/NamCOL-728x180px-FIX.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eba Kandovazu STARTLING revelations on the HIV statistics from the US President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) indicate that nearly 4 000 Namibians will die as a result of the various conditions brought on by infection in 2019. 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