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Impact of AIDS on women and children reviewed

    JOHANNESBURG
    The UN special envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, Stephen Lewis, is in Lesotho to examine the impact of the disease on women and vulnerable children. Lewis is expected to meet with prime minister Pakalitha Mosisili, the Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, the UN's HIV/AIDS Expanded Theme Group and its Taskforce on Women, Girls and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. During his three-day tour of the country he will also visit places of safety for abandoned and HIV/AIDS affected children in Maseru, Mafeteng and Mohale districts. The mountain kingdom is estimated to have the world's fourth-highest HIV-infection rate, with nearly one-third of working-age adults living with the virus.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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