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News Lesotho » Health: Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts

News channel or source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/16/lesotho-usaid-cuts/
Published on: Thursday 16 October 2025

HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn’t available. Centers ...

News Lesotho » Health: The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tiny-african-nation-lesotho-had-073640630.html
Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn't available. Centers ...

News Lesotho » Health: Stakeholders validate landmark National Health Policy 2025-2035

News channel or source: https://afro.who.int/countries/lesotho/news/stakeholders-validate-landmark-national-health-policy-2025-2035
Published on: Wednesday 23 September 2026

The Ministry of Health has validated the National Health Policy (2025-2035) following a two-day stakeholder consultation meeting in Maseru on 24 September 2026. This significant milestone sets the ...

News Lesotho » Health: WHO donates ICT and medical equipment to strengthen Lesotho’s health system

News channel or source: https://www.afro.who.int/countries/lesotho/news/who-donates-ict-and-medical-equipment-strengthen-lesothos-health-system
Published on: Sunday 18 October 2026

The World Health Organization handed over ICT and medical equipment valued at approximately US$150 000 to the Government of Lesotho, strengthening the country’s capacity to prevent, detect, and ...

News Lesotho » Health: Lesotho Health Network Public-Private Partnership (PPP)

News channel or source: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/lesotho/brief/lesotho-health-network-ppp.print
Published on: Friday 19 February 2016

Lesotho is a small mountainous country in Southern Africa of about two million people. The country has been beset by a health crisis since the 1990s. Today, Lesotho has the second-highest HIV ...

News Lesotho » Health: HEALTH-LESOTHO: Migration Calls for Cross-Border Health Policies

News channel or source: https://www.globalissues.org/news/2009/03/30/1069
Published on: Sunday 29 March 2009

The mountain kingdom of Lesotho faces a number of unique hurdles with regard to HIV and AIDS. The country is landlocked within South Africa, the epicentre of the pandemic, and because of limited job ...

News Lesotho » Health: The tiny African nation of Lesotho had victories in its HIV fight. Then, the US aid cuts came

News channel or source: https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/lesotho-usaid-cuts-africa-hiv-aids-pepfar-b06111
Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

Lesotho Health Secretary Maneo Moliehi Ntene and HIV/AIDS program manager Dr. Tapiwa Tarumbiswa declined repeated requests to be interviewed or comment about the aid cuts. But Mokhothu Makhalanyane, ...

News Lesotho » Health: Lesotho finds its HIV care system unraveling and patients in despair in the wake of US cuts

News channel or source: https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/world/article/the-tiny-african-nation-of-lesotho-had-victories-21103472.php
Published on: Wednesday 15 October 2025

HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the snow-topped mountains of Lesotho, mothers carrying babies on their backs walk for hours to the nearest health clinic, only to find HIV testing isn’t available. Centers ...