Botswana dials 90-90-90 to tackle HIV spread

The campaign was enunciated at the UNAIDS International AIDS conference held in Melbourne, Australia late last year. The initiative follows through key steps considered critical to better health for HIV positive people, and limit new infections. The philosophy is that 90 percent of people must get tested, 90 percent HIV positive people should be on treatment and 90 percent of people on treatment should have suppressed viral loads.  Thutlwe said he was exposed to this initiative during an overseas trip.

“I went to New York earlier this year for a mayors summit, where I was chosen to be the focal mayor to lead all cities in southern Africa region in the fight against AIDS. For this position I had been pitted against the Durban and Cape Town Mayor whom I beat to this role,” he said.