HIV/AIDS budget shoots to P1.3bn - Khama

Khama said this in his speech marking World AIDS Day in Palapye. In a week that saw the President announcing that the alcohol levy is raised from 30 to 40 percent, Khama yet again identified alcohol as a major contributing factor to the spread of HIV AIDS in the country and the rest of Africa. Khama said although adults in Botswana used to consume alcohol as a form of pastime after a good day's production, those times are gone.

The President said Botswana still lags behind when it comes to translating knowledge and information on HIV and AIDS into behavioural change, as well as scaling up HIV-testing.