This report presents the findings of the 2009 Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey (LDHS) conducted by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHS). The LDHS is part of the worldwide MEASURE Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), for which ICF Macro is the primary contractor. Funding for the Lesotho DHS was provided by the government of Lesotho, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), Irish Aid, Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), National AIDS Commission (NAC), The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), USAID, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The MEASURE DHS project provided technical assistance during all phases of the survey and arranged for the Global Clinical and Viral Laboratory (GCVL) of South Africa to help with the training and laboratory processing for the HIV testing component of the survey.
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