January 15, 2010 – 7:58 am
Image courtesy of OneLove Lesotho
The message on this poster makes a play on the Sesotho proverb which says “men are like pumpkins, they spread themselves all over the place, and women are like cabbages, they hold themselves in one place.” Read More »
December 1, 2009 – 7:30 am
The rough translation for the message is "Refuse to have relationships with older men."
This poster was developed by OneLove Lesotho. The rough translation for the message is “Refuse to have relationships with older men.”
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November 21, 2009 – 8:00 am
Even though the HIV prevalence rate in the sub Saharan region has been going down in the last ten years, research has shown that it remains higher in women,reports The Sunday Standard.
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November 18, 2009 – 10:50 am
A new study confirmed what Lesotho’s health sector had long suspected - that the driving force behind the spread of HIV in the small landlocked country is multiple concurrent partners (MCP), reports the Swazi Observer.
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November 5, 2009 – 11:21 am
Having more than one sexual relationship at the same time is driving the spread of HIV in small landlocked Lesotho, reports PlusNews.
The health sector has long suspected this, but a new report by the National AIDS Commission (NAC), in partnership with UNAIDS and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has confirmed it.
The report, Gender and Multiple and Concurrent Sexual Partnerships in Lesotho, found that 76% of men and 82% of women knew that having only one partner reduced HIV risk, but they were reluctant to limit themselves.
Read the full report.
This is the story, a 39-old man from Lesotho who found out that he and his wife were HIV positive. His name is Theko and he says: Three years ago my wife became pregnant. The pregnancy was unplanned but we were both excited to have a baby on the way.
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