Batswana no longer fear HIV/AIDS � activist

Friday, December 04, 2015

TONOTA: When Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs were introduced in the early 2000 they were hailed as a greater step towards curtailing deaths caused by HIV/AIDS. But that has not been the case according to one HIV activist.

Prior to their introduction nearly 21,000 people in the country were dying yearly as a result of the AIDS epidemic which threatened to wipe out the entire nation. Now HIV/AIDS accounts for nearly 6,000 deaths in Botswana, a decline resulting from the distribution of ARV therapy.

However, Barulaganyi Meshack has said that the introduction of ARVs has also led to many acts of sexual recklessness among Batswana.

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Batswana no longer fear HIV/AIDS � activist

TONOTA: When Antiretroviral (ARV) drugs were introduced in the early 2000 they were hailed as a greater step towards curtailing deaths caused by HIV/AIDS. But that has not been the case according to one HIV activist.

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