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LESOTHO: Multi-million dollar AIDS centre launched
10 May 2004 (PlusNews ), Drug giant Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) on Friday marked the fifth anniversary of its AIDS initiative, "Secure the Future", with the launch of an HIV/AIDS centre in Lesotho.
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LESOTHO: First health centre to distribute ART opened
10 May 2004 (PlusNews ), Lesotho's first health centre to provide antiretroviral therapy (ART) was officially opened by Lesotho Prime Minister Dr Pakalitha Mosisili on Friday.
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LESOTHO: AIDS highlighted during presidential visit
15 April 2004 (PlusNews ), HIV/AIDS is to feature prominently on the agenda during the visit of Botswana's President Festus Mogae to Lesotho.
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LESOTHO: HIV testing centre operational by April
10 March 2004 (PlusNews ), Lesotho's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has announced that the country's first three universal HIV/AIDS testing centres will only be operational by the end of April.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36721

LESOTHO: Anti-AIDS programme working with the youth
10 March 2004 (PlusNews ), Mamokete Lemphane is used to being driven out of homes, insulted and abused - all in the cause of fighting HIV/AIDS in the northeastern Mokhotlong district of Lesotho.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36723

LESOTHO: Prime Minister publicly tested for HIV
9 March 2004 (PlusNews ), Lesotho's Prime Minister, Pakalitha Mosisili, has been publicly tested for HIV in the hope that more people will be encouraged to go for voluntary testing and counselling.
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LESOTHO: HIV/AIDS testing facilities still to be set up
9 March 2004 (PlusNews ), Lesotho launched universal HIV/AIDS testing for its citizens at the weekend, but the first of three centres providing free testing will only be operational by the end of April.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36715

LESOTHO: Govt moves to tackle AIDS pandemic
8 March 2004 (PlusNews ), Lesotho's Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili at the weekend became one of the first heads of state to publicly test for the HI virus as he kicked off a free national HIV testing programme.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36703

LESOTHO: British royal concerned about AIDS orphans
5 March 2004 (PlusNews ), Britain's Prince Harry is on a visit in Lesotho to witness the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the country.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36690

LESOTHO: New laws to strengthen HIV/AIDS action
12 February 2004 (PlusNews ), Two new laws, one currently going through the legislative pipeline and another enacted last year, are key to addressing the confluence of social problems that are contributing to Lesotho's humanitarian crisis.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36610

LESOTHO: Mountain kingdom faces humanitarian calamity
11 February 2004 (PlusNews ), The tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho is suffering a calamity. Quietly, away from the glare of the international media, it is struggling to cope with a series of deep, interlinked crises that are testing the capacity of the government and the humanitarian community.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36603

LESOTHO: Testing times for rural households
11 February 2004 (PlusNews ), The people of Lesotho are used to hardship, but yet another poor agricultural season as a result of drought is testing their resilience.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36602

LESOTHO: Mission to improve anti-AIDS capacity
6 February 2004 (PlusNews ), A new World Bank mission will focus on Lesotho's humanitarian crisis and building the capacity of local institutions to tackle HIV/AIDS and the country's drought-induced food shortages.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36586

LESOTHO: Need to improve local anti-AIDS capacity
4 February 2004 (PlusNews ), A World Bank mission delving into Lesotho's humanitarian crisis was launched on Wednesday, with emphasis placed on building the capacity of local institutions to handle AIDS and help manage the country's drought-induced food shortages.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36583

LESOTHO: Stepping up HIV/AIDS efforts
25 November 2003 (PlusNews ), Lesotho will soon launch a new body to coordinate HIV/AIDS programmes and place the epidemic at the top of the government's agenda.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36357

LESOTHO: Meeting to draw up an "implementable plan" for orphans
10 November 2003 (PlusNews ), Although governments have increasingly become aware of the problem of orphans and vulnerable children in Southern Africa, countries still lacked the capacity to effectively deal with the problem, a regional workshop heard on Monday.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36313

LESOTHO: Culture undermines prevention efforts in Lesotho
16 September 2003 (PlusNews ), Social and cultural norms and traditions in Lesotho are hampering efforts to combat the rising HIV/AIDS epidemic, government officials told PLUSNEWS.
https://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=36054

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