Bearing the brunt of a scourge

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A groundbreaking study unveiled in July 2013 indicated that of the various social strata in Botswana, the gay community is among the hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS scourge. Staff Writer, MBONGENI MGUNI, revisits the figures

Starting in 2012, a study by the Ministry of Health into subpopulations potentially uncovered by the existing HIV/AIDS surveys, uncovered startling data that dominated headlines for a period.

In an effort to identify the biological and behavioural barriers towards accessing HIV/AIDS healthcare, the ministry inadvertently provided the country’s first peep into the size of the gay community in Botswana.

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