'Don't want to die': Lesotho HIV patients look to traditional medicine

By AFP | Published Apr 5, 2025

n Lesotho, where one in four adults lives with HIV, traditional healer Lieketseng Lucia Tjatji is seeing a surge in desperate patients seeking alternatives to lifesaving antiretroviral drugs. After Trump's February aid freeze cut off vital medication, many are turning to ancient remedies that medical experts warn could reverse years of progress against the epidemic.