Ethiopia’s Tigray region was once considered a model in the country’s fight against HIV. Years of awareness-raising efforts brought the region’s HIV prevalence rate to 1.4%. Then war began in 2020. The HIV rate has doubled and the health system is largely destroyed.
HIV soars after deadly war in Ethiopia’s Tigray, with US aid cuts not helping
Ethiopia’s Tigray region was once considered a model in the country’s fight against HIV. Years of awareness-raising efforts brought the region’s HIV prevalence rate to 1.4%. Then war began in 2020. The HIV rate has doubled and the health system is largely destroyed.