Botswana plans new anti-AIDS campaign

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A new campaign to sensitise young people on issues of HIV/AIDS will be launched in Palapye on Friday. The campaign is a collaboration between National AIDS Coordinating Agency (NACA) and UNICEF.

It is a new HIV/AIDS prevention initiative that will utilise cellphone messages, Facebook and Twitter to sensitise the people about the virus and its effects. Dubbed WISE UP!! The campaign will be launched by Mokgweetsi Masisi, the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration. 

NACA spokesperson, Lorato Mongatane said the campaign will run for the next five years. The campaign will pass HIV/AIDS prevention messages targetting the 10-24 age bracket.

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