UNICEF: Treating people living with HIV/AIDS in Lesotho

MASARU, Lesotho, 4 June 2008 — In Lesotho, a deep impoverished country with one of the world's highest rates of HIV and AIDS, Kananelo, 7, arrives with his grandfather at the UNICEF-supported Baylor College of Medicine Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence.

More than a year ago, Kananelo received the diagnosis that he was living with HIV. His mother died from AIDS when he was only six, so his grandfather brings him the 30 km to the clinic.

Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS is crucial in a country where nearly 25 per cent of adults are infected with the disease. Of all the babies born with HIV, half die before their second birthday if they do not receive treatment.

To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/lesotho_44323.html

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