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Botswana: positive impact of a village blog

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 @ 10:40 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Botswana
Topics:: Development, Education, Health

A medical student from Nata village in Botswana writes about the impact of the Nata village blog on him, “Before the establishment of this website I must confess that I was a bit naive in as far as the exact impact of HIV/AIDS in Nata. I read thru the website that almost 50% of pregnant women attending Nata clinic are HIV positive, and since my arrival late last month I have witnessed first had the impact of AIDS in my Village Nata.”

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# 2007-01-16 at 11:57 am

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