Mozambique: Aids A 'National Emergency'

The Mozambican government intends to transform the fight against HIV/AIDS into "a national emergency", declares the government's five year programme, which is now before the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic. The current HIV prevalence is estimated at 14.9 per cent among adults aged between 15 and 49. There are thought to be 1.4 million HIV-positive Mozambicans, 60 per cent of whom are women.