Albright, in Botswana, Announces U.S. Help to Fight AIDS

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Albright, in Botswana, Announces U.S. Help to Fight AIDS

New York Times (www.nytimes.com) (12/12/00) P. A3

U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright announced on Monday that the United States will supply Botswana with 200 trailers to be used as HIV counseling centers. The United Nations estimates that more than one-third of the adults in Botswana are infected with HIV, and Health Minister Joy Phumaphi said that 8,700 of the 62,000 babies born in the country every year also have the virus. While Botswana offers infected pregnant women AZT to help prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission and also baby formula to guard against virus transmission via breast milk, the stigma surrounding the disease is so great in some areas that many women are too scared to avail themselves of the programs. The United States' donation will include 200 televisions and video recorders which will be used to play a new video to show pregnant women how to prevent HIV transmission to their children. Speaking outside a prenatal clinic in Botswana, Dr. Albright also praised singer Mayoress Molefi-Mochangana, who publicly revealed she has HIV, for her bravery.
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