THE United States Ambassador to Lesotho, Rebecca Gonzales, last night led the relaunch of the DREAMS Lesotho programme.
DREAMS is an acronym for the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored and Safe programme which is aimed at combatting HIV/AIDS by protecting, empowering and investing in young women.
It was initiated in Lesotho in 2015 and works across 10 Sub-Saharan African countries to reduce the rate of HIV infections in adolescent girls and young women.
It does this by offering HIV testing services, post-violence care for survivors of gender-based violence, school-based HIV and violence prevention programmes and access to youth-friendly sexual and reproductive healthcare as well as a full range of contraceptive methods.