US gives money to fight AIDS

The US government will donate a significant amount of its US $1 billion anti-AIDS funding to Botswana to help fight the pandemic in a country where it is estimated that one in every eight people are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, media reports said. The reports quoted outgoing US ambassador to Botswana, Robert Krueger, as saying that Botswana will get millions of dollars, although he did not reveal the exact amount pending an announcement by Botswana’s government. The main components of the donation will focus on prevention, better care for HIV positive sufferers, assisting AIDS orphans and establishing a training and counselling centre, the reports added.