The HIV epidemic is a silent killer disproportionately affecting men of color at alarming rates. Research shows that Black and Latino men are impacted by HIV in ways their white counterparts do not face.

The Government of Botswana has decided to extend free HIV treatment to foreign residents in a major policy shift that closes a significant gap in the country’s response to the epidemic.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) will introduce a more effective HIV medicine called dolutegravir, as from October. Dolutegravir is also known as DTG.

To end the HIV epidemic in the United States, it is going to take more than the ear of the president, the science to back it up, or even the purse strings of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.