Botswana falls short in AIDS fight

Dr Gloria Somolekae of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration told the National Business Conference (NBC) in Francistown this week that the evidence that the country is not keeping up in the fight against HIV/AIDS is the high prevalence rate.

"Commendable progress has been made towards accelerating access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services for those in need. However, nearly 30 years into the epidemic and in spite of manifold efforts HIV, is still outpacing our efforts as evidenced by the high incidence rate of 1.5 percent or over 15,000 new infections per year," Somolekae said.