Botswana
Histoires vécues
Mother and child benefit from Botswana government's resolve to fight HIV/AIDS
When Dineo, a single mother in Gaborone, Botswana, found out she was pregnant in the spring of 1999, she was terrified. Dineo has tested positive for HIV and she was afraid she would give the virus to her child.
Botswana: Decimation and multiplication: the AIDS burden
Phuthego is a soft-spoken, 51-year-old, single mother of four. She is the eldest of five sisters, or was at any rate, since all have now passed away, leaving behind a total of 14 children dependant on her for maternal care and guidance.
Botswana: Summoning the courage: Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMT
Dineo Thebe (name has been changed) is a 32 year single mother of two - a 13 year old boy and a little girl born in February 2000, called Boineelo (meaning "surrender").
