{"id":296597,"date":"2020-10-01T07:28:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T05:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=296597"},"modified":"2020-10-01T07:28:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T05:28:44","slug":"america-gives-billions-for-hiv-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=296597","title":{"rendered":"America gives billions for HIV prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stuff Reporter<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador of the United States of America to Namibia, Lisa Johnson announced that the U.S. President\u2019s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will contribute N$1, 49 billion to prevent the spread of HIV\/Aids in Namibia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The funding amount is provided for 2021 and represents an increase of roughly N$200 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The monetary aid will move U.S.-Namibian efforts another step toward reaching HIV epidemic control, Ambassador Johnson explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"347\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/America-gives-billions-for-HIV-prevention.jpg\" alt=\"billions HIV prevention Ambassador United States America Namibia Lisa Johnson President Emergency Plan AIDS Relief\" class=\"wp-image-296604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/America-gives-billions-for-HIV-prevention.jpg 240w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/America-gives-billions-for-HIV-prevention.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 347px) 100vw, 347px\" \/><figcaption>AIDS FREE: The Ambassador of the United States of America to Namibia, Lisa Johnson. &#8211; Photo: US Embassy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNamibia is a global leader in nearing epidemic control, 95% of people with HIV know their status. 95% of people with HIV who know their status are on treatment. And 92% of the people on treatment take their medications regularly and are \u2018virally suppressed,\u2019 meaning the virus is not detectable and cannot be transmitted. Undetectable = Untransmittable,\u201d Ambassador Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added that the 2021 PEPFAR funding, which starts with the U.S. fiscal year on 1 October 2020, will support the Ministry of Health and Social Services to move those percentages even higher, with a goal of reaching a zero infection rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy\u2019s PEPFAR Coordinator gave details on the HIV<br \/>programs that the $89 million USD of funding will support.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The DREAMS program, which stands for Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS Free, Mentored and Safe, will double its budget and triple the number of adolescent girls and young women it works with to keep them free from HIV, the PEPFAR Coordinator explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Advanced HIV-testing techniques (index testing and recency testing) will uncover hotspots of HIV transmission and allow the Ministry to offer treatment to newly discovered patients to halt onward transmission.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><!-- MetaSlider 271797 not found --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":296600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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