Botswana: Aids Responsible for Child Mortality By 58 Percent

AIDS has contributed to child deaths in Botswana by 58 percent, a UNICEF official has said.

The UNICEF Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Mareledi Segotso, said at a media briefing that the remaining 42 percent of deaths among children are caused by preventable diseases such as respiratory infections, diarrhoea and malaria in endemic sub-districts.

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