P a g e | 48 All pregnant women are routinely tested for HIV when they present at a clinic for the first visit. New and expectant mothers are provided with Mother Baby Packs as part of the Plan B program. These are aimed at prevention of transmission of HIV during pregnancy and after birth. The packs which are given to mothers who are HIV positive and HIV negative look identical. The difference is that HIV positive women are provided packs with PMTCT drugs and the HIV negative women are provided with post-natal vitamins. This is to reduce stigma attached to receipt of the pack and to consequently improve compliance rates with PMTCT drugs. GoL have several programs run out of health care clinics, such as Nutrition Corners for the feeding of children who are under five (5) years and malnourished. The MOH facilitate Health Centre Committees who coordinate activities and information exchange between the local health centres and the surrounding communities. GoL provide cash grants and food packages to families who are vulnerable which include tins of formula for babies. Agriculture programs aim to improve food security and reduce the current level of stunting and wasting in children. GoL also undertake WASH programs to improve sanitation and access to clean drinking water, particularly in rural communities. Pediatric AIDs clinics run by Baylor College provide primary health care to children infected with HIV and AIDS and conduct research into the disease. They are located in multiple districts with a dedicated clinic in Maseru and visited clinics in other Districts. The visited clinics are District health clinics which are staffed 2-3 days per week by Baylor staff. Baylor conduct Youth Clubs in Maseru on weekends where children infected and affected get involved in physical and team building activities as ways to learn about the illness. Non-government organisations are heavily involved in peripheral health care provision in Lesotho. Jhpiego provide medical circumcision for boys as an HIV preventative and training for nurses to bring their skills to a comparable standard to others in Southern Africa. World Vision Lesotho manages a program called Child Health Now which undertakes advocacy work to ensure children under 5 receive a high standard of medical care. Its focus is on dehydration, immunisations and nutrition. World Vision Lesotho also has Congregation Hope for Action teams in the communities who care for the infected and affected children. Many support groups exist at the community level to provide basic health care for those infected with HIV. Progress Visits to health clinics are free of charge to all children in Lesotho. This is an enormous improvement to access to services. The high rates of HIV and AIDS in Lesotho has lead to the receipt of a bulk of donor funding for the care of people infected, for instance from Millennium Challenge Account

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