HIV: Virally-repressed cases by far the majority

HIV concentration in 90 percent of children living with the virus in Ohangwena Region is so low that a blood test cannot detect HIV anymore. This is the encouraging result of strict adherence to antiretroviral therapy and other support services provided by Project Hope’s Namibia Adherence and Retention Project. “Once HIV cannot be detected in the blood, you are virally suppressed, which means that you cannot infect others anymore,” highlighted Vann Rolfson, Acting Country Representative of USAID. Tiffany Miller, U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Officer and Spokesperson speaks to In the Newsroom...