Namibia's efforts to addressing HIV/AIDS: World AIDS Day episode

In this first episode of the All Things Public Health Podcast, our guest, Rosanne Kahuure, talks about Namibia's efforts to addressing HIV/AIDS in honor of World AIDS day.

Kahuure talks about the social challenges to addressing HIV/AIDS in the Namibian context.

She also highlights Namibia's success stories, especially considering that it is one of the few African countries well on track to surpassing the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals to control the HIV epidemic.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Namibia, in 2002, the country was close to surpassing the UNAIDS 95-95-95 HIV epidemic control goals.

Namibia is estimated to be at 94-97-93.

This means that 94 percent of people living with HIV in Namibia know their status, 97 percent of people who know thei ...