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HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA ABSENCE OF CONDOMS IN PRISONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA ABSENCE OF CONDOMS IN PRISONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ATLHOLANG IPATLELENG. PROBLEM/IMPACT. Increased infections High prevalence rate (population 1.8 million>2001) Decline of life expectancy: fell from 65 to 35 Most affected age group: 15-49 years Money wasted.

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HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA ABSENCE OF CONDOMS IN PRISONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

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  1. HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANAABSENCE OF CONDOMS IN PRISONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS ATLHOLANG IPATLELENG

  2. PROBLEM/IMPACT • Increased infections • High prevalence rate (population 1.8 million>2001) • Decline of life expectancy: fell from 65 to 35 • Most affected age group: 15-49 years • Money wasted

  3. CAUSE-public schools • Moral beliefs and culture • Christianity values

  4. CAUSE-prisons • Segregation of prisoners by gender: • Homosexuality-illegal: -penal code, unnatural offence -moral values

  5. CURRENT DEBATE-prisons • Discussion taboo • Government vs private organisation: • Government: • acknowlegdes that people have different sexual orientations • Sexual violence • Security reasons • Cultural settings • Supported by the public

  6. PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS • NACA-National AIDS Coordinating Agency(est. 1999) • BONELA-Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS • OTHERS and individuals • Zero infections by 2016 • Further to provide solution in combat of AIDS

  7. SOLUTIONS-THERAPY • AIDS education of young people and inmates • Public education and awareness • Condom distribution

  8. REFERENCES • http://www.avert.org/aids-botswana.htm • http://www.bonela.org/index.html • http://www.gov.bw/ • http://www.moh.gov.bw/ • http://www.naca.gov.bw/node/31 • http://www.sundaystandard.info/article.php?NewsID=8940&GroupID=5 • http://www.who.int/en/

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