Unless Botswana can stem the spread of HIV within the next five years, the country faces extinction, President Festus Mogae declared Wednesday. More than one-third of Botswanan adults are infected with HIV, and the AIDS epidemic has cut life expectancy in the country by 25 years to 44 years. Mogae called on pharmaceutical companies to increase their efforts to supply AIDS drugs to needy countries, noting that more needs to be done.

Other CDC News for March 15, 2001

Effectiveness of the Direct Observation Component of DOTS for Tuberculosis: a Randomized Controlled Trial in Pakistan Maker Yielding Patent in Africa for AIDS Drug Antiviral Cocktails Cut Cost of Treating Patients With HIV South Africa Resists Call for AIDS Emergency	As AIDS Grows For Minorities, So Does Funding; Groups Assisting City's Blacks, Latinos Win Increased Support The Danger of Living "Down Low"; Black Men Who Hide Their Bisexuality Can Put Women at Risk A New AIDS Strategy Brazil to Launch AIDS Vaccine Human Trials in April
Mogae Warns Botswana Faces Extinction From AIDS