Phikwe sheds unenviable AIDS title
Friday, November 30, 2007
Hardly anyone in the last few years would mention HIV/AIDS prevalence in Botswana without making reference to Selebi Phikwe.
In 2004, according to a sentinel surveillance survey, at least 52 percent of pregnant women who visited health facilities were infected with the HIV/AIDS virus. This was the highest in the country.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...