Southern Africa Regional Program

Southern Africa is currently at the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It is estimated that approximately 70 percent of people living with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. In Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, at least 18 percent of the adult population is infected with HIV. Prevalence is especially high in cross-border areas with high mobility among truck drivers, migrant workers, and commercial sex workers.

In 2000, the U.S. Agency for International Development launched the Regional HIV/AIDS Program for Southern Africa. The primary aim of the program is to target high transmission areas at cross-border sites with appropriate interventions. The program also provides technical assistance to Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland, which do not have USAID missions. Participating countries include Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Access more information on USAID's HIV/AIDS Regional Program in Southern Africa, December 2004 [PDF, 317KB].

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• Africa Region
• Angola
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• South Africa
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe