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Behavioural change urged in AIDS battle

    JOHANNESBURG

    As Botswana tackles one of the world's highest levels of HIV/AIDS, President Festus Mogae has called for a stronger public commitment to behavioural change.

    In a recent two-hour "state of the nation" address, Mogae said the stigma attached to HIV/AIDS remained one of the greatest barriers in the implementation of various care and prevention strategies.

    Botswana has an estimated 40 percent of its adults currently living with HIV/AIDS, and has done more than most countries to eradicate stigma.

    The President was quoted by Agence France-Presse (AFP) as saying: "We have spoken of the HIV/AIDS pandemic as a war that needs to be won. Yet, in this war we remain our worst enemy - it is we alone, who, through behaviour change, must achieve our victory."

    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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