Health Policy Watch | US to phase out HIV support for Namibia after data-sharing impasse

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The United States will no longer fund Namibia’s HIV programme after 2027, following an impasse over data- and information-sharing terms required by the US for a longer aid package.

The joint US-Namibia announcement frames the one-year aid phase-out as “recognition of Namibia’s historic achievement in reaching HIV epidemic control and surpassing global targets”.

The US will provide $45 million for the 2027 fiscal year to enable the transition to technical support, and thereafter Namibia will fund its own response, according to the statement released last Friday.

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