With a prevalence rate of 23.2%, it is essential that HIV & AIDS be at the top of the development agenda. Through different programmatic interventions, UNDP has been supporting the Government and People of Lesotho in the fight against HIV & AIDS. Initiatives supported by UNDP include the Know Your Status campaign, scaling up the response through strengthening institutional mechanisms and promoting greater involvement and empowerment of People living with AIDS.

UNDP is one of the UN partners in the Joint Programme of Support on AIDS. This programme is aligned with the Government of Lesotho National HIV & AIDS Strategic Plan (NSP 2006-2011) and has four areas of focus, which support the four Strategic Focus areas of the NSP:

1. Supportive environment - universal access to HIV prevention, treatment,
   care and support with good governance and gender equality;

2. Prevention - access to basic social services for prevention;

3. Treatment, care and support - Access to basic social services for treatment, care and support; and

4. Impact Mitigation - Access to basic social services with economic
   growth & poverty reduction;

While UNDP will support all of these areas in the Joint Programme of Support, our programmatic focus is on developing a Supportive Environment to combat HIV & AIDS.