Lesotho has the second highest incidence of TB in the world, according to the World Health Organization, due in part to the large number of Basotho migrant miners who work in hazardous conditions in South African mines. Separated from their families and communities,...
Lesotho has the second highest HIV prevalence in the world and over 70 percent of tuberculosis (TB) patients are HIV-positive. Lesotho’s many migrant mine workers are at particularly high risk of acquiring TB and HIV due to working conditions in the mines and other...
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