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Lesotho Aids diary: The people
Lesotho Aids diary: The people
2008-11-10 10:01:28 UTC
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More than one in five adults in the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho is HIV-positive, making it one of the countries worst hit by the Aids pandemic. Almost one in four adults in the tiny mountain kingdom of Lesotho is HIV-positive, making it one of the countries worst hit by the Aids pandemic. Over the next six months, the BBC will follow the lives of seven people from the community of St Rodrigue, 40km south of the capital, Maseru, as they struggle to live with the HIV crisis. Over the next six months, the BBC, in conjunction with medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres, will follow the lives of seven people from the community of St Rodrigue, 40km south of the capital, Maseru, as they struggle to live with the HIV crisis. HIV is still killing the people of Lesotho, but I don't have to bury entire families in my village any more Relebone Sonopo | Chief | St RodrigueHIV is still killing the people of Lesotho, but I don't have to bury entire families in my village any more Relebone Sonopo | Chief | St RodrigueI think that my own family experience helps me to be a better nurse Thakane Motete | Nurse | St RodrigueI think that my own family experience helps me to be a better nurse Thakane Motete | Nurse | St RodrigueI miss my mother so much. When she was alive she took care of me in such a special way. None of my friends know I am HIV-positive Anonymous | Orphan | village near St RodrigueI miss my mother so much. When she was alive she took care of me in such a special way. None of my friends know I am HIV-positive Anonymous | Orphan | village near St RodrigueOur school loses its qualified teachers because of HIV, staff and students get sick, or they have people in their own families who have the disease Mapaseka Mphaololi | Teacher | Mantsatlala villageOur school loses its qualified teachers because of HIV, staff and students get sick, or they have people in their own families who have the disease Mapaseka Mphaololi | Teacher | Mantsatlala villageThe reason people love me is because I give them hope Joseph Ramokoatsi | Lay counsellor | St RodrigueThe reason people love me is because I give them hope Joseph Ramokoatsi | Lay counsellor | St RodrigueI started anti-retroviral drugs almost immediately after my diagnosis. Three weeks later my limbs could carry me again Mamatsoele Leseo | Patient | Setleketsens villageI started anti-retroviral drugs almost immediately after my diagnosis. Three weeks later my limbs could carry me again Mamatsoele Leseo | Patient | Setleketsens villageWhen someone who was open about being HIV-positive dies, people start to get worried. They start to think there is no hope - but there is Macecilia Makhetha Leche | MSF counselling co-ordinator| MorijaWhen someone who was open about being HIV-positive dies, people start to get worried. They start to think there is no hope - but there is Macecilia Makhetha Leche | MSF counselling co-ordinator| Morija />
