Gender and Multiple and Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in Lesotho

HIV continues to be one of the most urgent development issues confronting southern Africa including Lesotho. With an HIV prevalence rate of 23% in its adult population aged 15-49 years, Lesotho is the third hardest hit country in the world by the HIV epidemic. In 2000, His Majesty the King Letsie III and the government declared HIV a national disaster. Despite on-going efforts to reduce the impact of the epidemic, there is still no clear indication that HIV incidence is declining. As a step to halt the epidemic in the region, the Southern African Development Community held an expert think tank meeting in Maseru, in May 2006. One of the meeting’s main conclusions was that multiple concurrent sexual partners is one of the key drivers of the epidemic in the Southern African region.

Publisher: National AIDS Commission Lesotho,
Year of Publication: 2009
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