HIV/AIDS stabilises in Botswana

Speaking at the I-TECH Kabelano breakfast seminar on Tuesday, the minister said that in 2008, the prevalence rate was 17.6 percent compared to 17.1 percent in 2004. She said this raises hope that the pandemic is stabilising.

"This is further confirmed by the reduction in the younger age groups 15-24 years from 13% in 2004 to 8% in 2008 and stabilisation of the adult prevalence from 25.3% in 2004 to 25.0% in 2008," she said.She said the uptake of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) has increased from 49% in 2002 to 89% in 2008.