Two Americans moved to Eswatini when that country was the epicenter of the AIDS epidemic. With support from USAID, they built a clinic and started serving HIV+ patients. Now that US support for their clinic has ended, they are wondering if what they did was entirely a good thing. (27 minutes)
Chico Harlan wrote about USAID in Eswatini for The Washington Post.
By Diane Wu and Chico Harlan
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Act Three: Two Daughters
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Act One: 63 Years, 7 Months, 26 Days
USAID was founded in 1961.
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