WATCH: How to keep people on HIV treatment during a flood

What happens when there’s a natural disaster and people living with HIV can’t take their chronic medication? Watch to find out what can be done to make sure their treatment isn’t interrupted

January 25, 2023 at 07:00 am

In KwaZulu-Natal, people living with HIV were doubly affected by the floods in April 2022, which left 448 people dead.
They lost their belongings like IDs and medication, which meant they couldn’t collect their treatment from clinics.
Research from Namibia shows that health-care workers can prepare HIV-positive people for floods by handing out medication in advance when it looks like a flood is about to start, and moving them to clinics closer to their homes.