LESOTHO: Motlomelo Thakali, "There were days on which I lived on water, but still had my ARVs"

MASERU Monday, September 15, 2008 (IRIN) - Motlomelo Thakali lives with his family of five in Motloang, a village 70km east of Maseru, capital of Lesotho. He is HIV positive and unemployed, and depends on casual work to help feed his family, comprising his daughter, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren. Lesotho's HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 23.2 percent is one of the world's highest. The country is still recovering from the impact of the 2006/07 drought, the worst in 30 years. "There was no...