MP calls for comprehensive fight against HIV

Giving a motivational speech at the beginning of the Stigma Reduction Week in Old Naledi yesterday, the MP said there is need for more effective poverty alleviation programmes, which will render people less susceptible to opportunistic diseases associated with HIV/AIDS.

He explained that it is sometimes how people live that quickens the spread of HIV. He said there is a strong link between the infection rates and the high levels of poverty, inequalities and gender discrimination.