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Botswana's HIV response

Policies, context, and future directions

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ID11043673
AuthorsDoreen Ramogola‐Masire (0000-0001-9624-8366, Research and Graduate Studies University of Botswana Faculty of Medicine Gaborone Botswana), Ohemaa Poku (0000-0001-7658-2981, Mental Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore Maryland), Loeto Mazhani (0000-0001-7766-2262, Research and Graduate Studies University of Botswana Faculty of Medicine Gaborone Botswana), Ndwapi Ndwapi (0000-0003-2584-734X, Center for International Health, Education, and Biosecurity (CIHEB) University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore Maryland), Misra (0000-0003-0389-1227, Social and Behavioral Sciences New York University College of Global Public Health New York New York), Tonya Arscott‐Mills (0000-0002-7873-9871, Pediatrics University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Philadelphia Pennsylvania), Lilo Blank (0000-0002-4656-5715, Psychology University of Rochester School of Arts and Sciences Rochester New York), Ari R Ho-Foster (0000-0001-9817-8090, Research and Graduate Studies University of Botswana Faculty of Medicine Gaborone Botswana, corresponding author), Timothy D Becker (0000-0002-8400-1312, Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York New York), Lawrence Hsin Yang (0000-0001-7779-7423, Social and Behavioral Sciences New York University College of Global Public Health New York New York)
Year2020
Volume48
Issue3
Pages1066-1070
Publication date2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-4392 • E-ISSN: 1520-6629
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jcop.22316
PMID31951283
OpenAlexW3000611525
LanguageEN
Citations received6

This brief report describes key periods in the history of the national public health response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Botswana. It reveals the context leading to the development of HIV policies presently in place and current challenges that remain. The report concludes with opportunities for future directions, initiatives, and policy changes to reduce the high rates of HIV

Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Political science · Public health · Public health policy · Public policy · Public relations · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Nursing · Virology · Health Policy

  • Global Measures of HIV Care Accessibility Across Urban, Suburban, and Rural Areas

    Open Access•Fabiana Cristina Dos Santos, Panta Apiruknapanond et al.•Journal of Urban Health•2025

  • Psychometric Validation of a Scale to Assess Culturally-Salient Aspects of HIV Stigma Among Women Living with HIV in Botswana

    Open Access•Lawrence Hsin Yang, Ari R Ho-Foster et al.•AIDS and Behavior•2020

  • It’s Better If I Die Because Even in the Hospital, There is a Stigma, People Still Gossip”

    Open Access•Ohemaa B Poku, Ohemaa Poku et al.•AIDS and Behavior•2023

  • Stigma, Structural Vulnerability, and “What Matters Most” Among Women Living With HIV in Botswana, 2017

    Lawrence Hsin Yang, Ohemaa B Poku et al.•American Journal of Public Health•2021

  • Cultural adaption, translation, preliminary reliability and validity of psychological and behavioural measures for adolescents living with HIV in Botswana

    Open Access•Michael Evangeli, Ina Kaleva et al.•Journal of Health Psychology•2025

  • Identifying "What Matters Most" to Men in Botswana to Promote Resistance to HIV-Related Stigma

    Open Access•Misra, Haitisha Mehta et al.•Qualitative Health Research•2021

Unique citing works6
Citations per year1
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 6
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