Harvard man hails Botswana for HIV treatment

He was amazed at the interventions that have restored many people to full health and enabled them to contribute to the economy. He was speaking at a dinner for Friends of Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership. He said that Botswana has made strides in treating mothers with HIV and protecting infants, in a programme that reduces the mother to child transmission of the virus. Essex commended Botswana Harvard Partnership (BHP) for assisting through research and said many other issues would be addressed. He said there would be exciting results as time goes.

 
Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer of News Corporation said they had come to Botswana to get a first hand experience and they have seen how people's lives have changed. "Five years ago, being diagnosed with HIV would have been a life sentence," he said.