Epidemiology

AIDS May Be Responsible for Half of Natural Deaths in Botswana

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 20th, 2000

AIDS may be responsible for at least half of all natural deaths in Botswana and the government planned to review its strategy in fighting the deadly disease, according to president Festus Mogae.

In his state of the nation message on November 7, 2000, Mogae told Parliament he was in the sad position of leading a country where "the killer disease had raised the national human toll to nightmarish proportions."

According to the United Nations, more than one-third of all adults in Botswana are infected with the virus that causes AIDS, the highest infection rate in the world.

"Probably half, if not more, of today's natural deaths...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2000-11-20)

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