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blobbers ◴[] No.43487874[source]
… this does not seem like their best use of resources.
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1. zvorygin ◴[] No.43487997[source]
Botswana is actually reasonably well developed and stable. It seems fine, and I applaud them.
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2. dyauspitr ◴[] No.43488194[source]
Politically stable, relatively low corruption and economical acceptable. They are doing many things well relative to the rest of Africa. On the other hand, 30% of their women have HIV.
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3. anon291 ◴[] No.43488482[source]
It is very difficult to change mass culture.
4. technothrasher ◴[] No.43488655[source]
It's amazing to see the stark difference when crossing the border from Zimbabwe into Botswana.
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5. throwaway2037 ◴[] No.43491329[source]
With the current generation of HIV drugs, most of those women should live into their 60s (at least). Also, the latest generation can get HIV virus counts to below testable densities. I expect their HIV issues to be resolved over the next 30-50 years, where the number of new cases will fall dramatically, and almost no one will die from AIDS-related causes.
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6. zamalek ◴[] No.43491393[source]
Botswana is one of the few countries that focused little on revenge politics, and they are a shining example of forgiveness and tolerance (relatively speaking, they do have problems - as does every place on Earth). South Africa was doing well, but sadly Mandela couldn't stay in power forever. Africa isn't the only place where you see it, why we've just witnessed a cousin of that political style come into power in a country that has significantly further to fall. They even started with spending money and bureaucracy on renaming places, which is my personal canary.

Source: Zimbabwean-South African-American

7. dyauspitr ◴[] No.43495547{3}[source]
With adherence to the drug regimen the current prognosis is even better than that at 75 years of life expectancy. The problem is adherence to the regimen is hard and lack of adherence means you’re a potential spreader again. That being said I believe Botswana has 90%+ of its hiv positive population on ART drugs.