Lesotho

Currency: Lesotho Loti

Timezone: UTC+2

Major Cities: Maseru

Lesotho is a Southern African country uniquely located as an enclave in South Africa. The country has a temperate climate and a terrain that consists of highlands, plateaus, and mountains. 50 percent of the country’s 2.1 million people are under the age of 25. The Basotho represent 99 per cent of the country’s population. Sesotho and English are the official languages of the country.

The country uses a parliamentary constitutional monarchy that is administratively divided into 10 districts, including Maseru the capital of the country. The textile industry and the agricultural sector are the most important sectors of the economy. The country’s major source of foreign exchange earnings comes from the export of clothing, wool, diamond, water, and electricity. Lesotho’s over-reliance on South Africa, which supplies 85 percent of its imports, is a major area of concern.

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Lesotho Health Sector Strategic Plan 2012-2017

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The overall objective of this strategic plan is to contribute to improved health status through equity and access to quality health care in both public and private domains guided by the principles and strategies of...

Lesotho • 2012 • Health

National Strategic Development Plan 2012-2017

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This plan serves as an implementation strategy for the National Vision 2020. It aims to pursue high, shared and employment creating economic growth, develop key infrastructure; enhance the skills base, technology adoption, and foundation for...

Lesotho • 2012 • Health

National Health Policy

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This national health policy aims to reduce the morbidity, mortality, and disability due to communicable and noncommunicable diseases; and to combat the HIV and AIDS pandemic by preventing the further spread of the epidemic and...

Lesotho • 2011 • Health

National Health Policy

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This policy aims to reduce morbidity and mortality in Lesotho by improving health status of citizens. The main policy measures include free universal access to HIV and AIDs information, prevention, treatment, care and support to...

Lesotho • 2011 • Health

National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2006 - 2011 (Revised April 2009)

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The policy highlight the revised strategy by the government to control the spread of HIV/AIDS in Lesotho. The strategy adopted the evidence-based planning to interventions, focus on human rights, multi-sectoral response, gender sensitivity, cultural sensitivity,...

Lesotho • 2009 • Health

Coordination Framework For The National Response to HIV and AIDS

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This purpose of this policy was to align all HIV and AIDS programme to the national strategic plan to avoid duplication and overlaps, inappropriate strategies and resource allocations. The strategy adopted included national and local...

Lesotho • 2007 • Health

National HIV and AIDS Policy

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The main objective of this policy is to prevent spread, provide treatment, care and support services, and to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS on individuals, households, and communities in Lesotho. The policy guidelines...

Lesotho • 2006 • Health

Labour Code (Amendment) Act, 2006

Lesotho, Ministry of Labour

This is an Act amending the Labour Code to make provisions for HIV and AIDS workers in the workplace and for all other related matters.

Lesotho • 2006 • Labour

National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan (2006-2011)

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The objective of this policy is to ensure access to information and services that will help individuals to protect themselves from HIV and AIDS, and enable them to access treatment, care, support and impact mitigation...

Lesotho • 2006 • Health

National HIV and AIDS Policy

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The main goal of this policy is to address the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Lesotho. Including preventing the further spread of the epidemic, providing treatment, care, and support services, and mitigating the impact of...

Lesotho • 2006 • Health

Legal Capacity of Married Person Act, 2006

Lesotho, Ministry of Justice

This is an Act removing the minority status of married women in Lesotho. The Act ensures equal powers of spouses, spouse’s consent, bequest of property, guardianship of children and other related matters.

Lesotho • 2006 • Gender and Human Rights

The National AIDS Commission Act, 2005

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This is an Act for the establishment of the National Aids commission tasked with the responsibility of developing strategy for combating HIV and AIDS in Lesotho as well as the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of...

Lesotho • 2005 • Health

Guidelines to Prevent Mother to Child Transmission of HIV

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

This policy document outlines the government guidelines to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV in Lesotho. The focus of the guidelines include obstetrician, gynaecologists, midwives/registered nurses, paediatricians, general medical doctors, nutritionists/dietician, pharmacists, laboratory technologists,...

Lesotho • 2004 • Health

Lesotho Poverty Reduction Strategy 2004-2007

Lesotho, Ministry of Health

The overarching development goal of the poverty reduction strategy is to provide a broad-based improvement in the standard of welfare for the current generation of Basotho, without compromising opportunities for future generations.

Lesotho • 2004 • Health