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Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Lesotho

Through PEPFAR, Lesotho received $9.5 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 and $29.6 million in FY 2008 to support comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care programs. PEPFAR plans to provide $26.7 million in FY 2009.1

Progress achieved in Lesotho through direct PEPFAR support during FY 2009:2

  • 30,800 individuals receiving antiretroviral treatment
  • 38,800 HIV-positive individuals who received care and support (including TB/HIV)
  • 6,500 orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) receiving support
  • 28,300 pregnant women receiving HIV counseling and testing services for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT)
  • 7,300 HIV-positive pregnant women receiving antiretroviral prophylaxis for PMTCT
  • 61,600 individuals receiving counseling and testing (in settings other than PMTCT)
  • 50,200 individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention activities that promote abstinence and/or being faithful
  • 58,000 individuals reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention activities that promote correct and consistent use of condoms and related interventions
  • 15,018,000 USG condoms shipped from calendar year 2004 through 2009

1 FY 2009 funding level is planned and is subject to change. Of the total planned funding for FY 2009, $13.5 million is Partnership Framework funding that will be made available to Lesotho in full after their Partnership Framework documents are completed and signed.

2 PEPFAR defines direct support as data that captures the number of individuals receiving prevention, care, and treatment services through service delivery sites or providers directly supported by U.S. Government (USG) interventions or activities at the point of service delivery. An intervention or activity is considered to be direct support if it can be associated with counts of uniquely identified individuals receiving prevention, care, or treatment services at a unique program or service delivery point benefiting from the intervention or activity. The indicators for this program area in effect in FY 2009, as well as the Next Generation Indicators currently in force for PEPFAR's second phase, may be found at www.pepfar.gov/guidance/.

  

Resources
In Lesotho, Dr. Amita Gupta, Deputy Director of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Clinical Global Health Education, speaks with a member of the Sea Point Support Group. This group of women provides HIV counseling and testing and invests in income generating projects. Photo by Lesotho PEPFAR Team.
  Partnership Framework: 5-year joint strategic framework to support implementation of the Basotho national HIV/AIDS response

2009 Operational Plan Summary: Planned uses of all sources of U.S. government HIV/AIDS funding

PEPFAR Partners: Partners obligated PEPFAR money by fiscal year

Proposed Country Operational Plans: Submitted by U.S. Embassy, excluding To Be Determined Partners

Stories of Hope: Highlight the successes of PEPFAR-supported activities in Lesotho

Link to U.S. Embassy Website

 

 
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