Botswana close to reaching the 90-90-90 testing and treatment targets

Botswana is already close to reaching the 90-90-90 target for testing, treatment and viral suppression, and is ahead of the United States and most European countries in its efforts to improve treatment coverage, Tendani Gaolathe of the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2016) in Boston on Wednesday.

Furthermore it has achieved this level of coverage when providing treatment to people with CD4 cell counts below 350 cells/mm3, even before moving to providing treatment for everyone diagnosed with HIV infection.

An analysis of treatment coverage in a large population-based study of antiretroviral treatment as prevention – the PopART study – also found that substantial increases in treatment coverage had been achieved as a result of a comprehensive package of home-based HIV testing and linkage to care in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, and in Zambia.

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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
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The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
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