Stigma still surrounds HIV/AIDS
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The study was conducted by John Hopkins Bloomberg (School of Public Health) and amfAR, in partnership with Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) the results of which are presented in a report titled "Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation for Gay Men and Other Men Having Sex with Other Men (MSM)" in Southern Africa.
Civil society advocates studying the implementation of programmes for gay men and lesbians were conducted in the six southern African countries, namely, Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Positive change is happening in Botswana though, as some government officials speak openly about the need to work with MSM. The report says the country is currently poised to be one of the first on the African continent to finance HIV programmes for MSM with public money.
We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...