March 23, 2004

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  40% of Swazis have HIV/Aids

  
  

  Lozitha -Stephen Lewis, UN special envoy for HIV and Aids in Africa, told Swazi King Mswati III late on Thursday that "in recent months the kingdom of Swaziland has recorded the highest HIV infection in the whole world with almost 40% (of the total population of 1.1 million) testing positive."

  
  

  Lewis said the prevalence rate in countries like Botswana - which at one time had the highest rate of infection - had declined from 38.8% to 37.5%.

  
  

   

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