title: Lesotho embarks on universal HIV testing.
abstract: On 1 December 2005, this past World AIDS Day, Lesotho embarked on the "Know Your Status" initiative to provide country-wide voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS. In a country of two million people with a 29 percent HIV infection rate, the universal testing initiative may help prevent a humanitarian and economic crisis capable of destroying the country. However, the initiative raises human rights concerns.
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Mills
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chong
mesh_terms: D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000533:Altruism; D003376:Counseling; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007927:Lesotho