Geographical Locations - Lesotho

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 15,728
• CIA World Factbook : Lesotho

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Lesotho
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile - Lesotho
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Lesotho
• WHO - Regional Office AFRO in Brazzaville, Congo
• UNDP in Lesotho
• UNHCR in Lesotho
• UNICEF At a Glance : Lesotho

Government

• Lesotho Government Online
• Lesotho Health Services
• Kingdom of Lesotho Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
• Lesotho Embassy in Washington D.C.

Non-Government

• CARE in Lesotho
  CARE International opened its office in Lesotho in response to the government's request for international assistance to help drought victims.Its assistance includes distributions of food, medicine and schoolbooks, as well as tools and equipment for the construction of roads, bridges and dams.
• Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa
  The purpose of the Forum for Food Security in Southern Africa, which has operated since 2003, is to provide a platform for improved linkages between food security analysis, policy making and implementation in the Southern Africa region. It covers the region as a whole and five specific countries: Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It has brought together those in government, official donors, NGOs, civil society, the private sector, and international and regional researchers concerned with food security.
• International Health Programs
  International Health Programs conducts training, consultation and research with a USAID funded contract to assist the Ministries of Health in Benin, Lesotho and The Gambia in building health and family planning service delivery capability. The IHP also operates a regional training center in Santa Cruz, California.
• Lesotho Council of NGOs
  This is the official website of the Lesotho Council of NGOs. Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) is organised into sectoral commissions for effective co-ordination and management of member programmes. The site provides details of NGO programmes in Lesotho, NGO profiles and publications.
• Positive Action
  The Positive Action Society is a non-governmental organisation and registered charity in Lesotho with the aim to help in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa by actively involving infected and affected people.
• Skillshare International
  Skillshare International works to reduce poverty, injustice and inequality and to further economic and social development in partnership with people and communities throughout the world. This is done by sharing and developing skills and ideas, facilitating organisational and social change and building awareness of development issues. This site outlines Skillshare's programmes in Lesotho.

Academic Institutions

• National University of Lesotho
• Faculty of Health Sciences

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• HIV/AIDS Workbook for Community Leaders in Lesotho
  The Community Leaders’ Handbook on HIV/AIDS has been designed and produced as a joint collaboration between Ministry of Local Government and UNDP, with critical inputs from the Ministry of Health and social Welfare and the UN Agencies. The handbook will be used as a resource for all community leaders in guiding their traditional leadership activities of raising awareness among communities and addressing the problems created by HIV/AIDS.
• Lesotho Health Sector Reform Project Phase 2
  The World Bank's Lesotho Health Sector Reform Project Phase 2 will assist the country in achieving sustainable increase in access to quality preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services by increasing access to, and quality delivery of health services.
• Parents' Attitudes to Adolscent Sexual Behaviour in Lesotho
  This article by Akim J Mturi, published in the African Journal of Reproductive Health is made available through the University of Toronto's T-space. it oultines a study that investigated the knowledge, attitudes and opinions of parents on various aspects of adolescents sexual and reproductive health in Lesotho.
• South African Environment Project
  SAEP works with a variety of South African government departments, educational institutions, environmental non-governmental organisations, and community-based organisations. Its educational programmes include workshops and conferences and a rapidly growing internship programme. Its initial focus has been on South Africa, but it is expanding into Lesotho and other SADC countries as opportunities and funding permit.
• Southern Africa Regional Poverty Network - Lesotho
  This site from the Southern African Regional Poverty Network provides links to the full text of documents concerned with development in Lesotho.
• Turning a Crisis into an Opportunity: Strategies for Scaling up the National Response to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Lesotho
  A publication of the Partnership of the Government of Lesotho and the Expanded Theme Group on HIV/AIDS Lesotho, this document provides a comprehensive assessment of the true nature of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the threat it poses to the people of Lesotho and a set of coherent responses which promise hope and success. It details the role each stakeholder - Government, Traditional Leaders, Civil Society, the Private Sector, People Living with HIV/AIDS and the international community - can play in a common and unified effort.
• US Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practice Lesotho 2004

Educational Resources

• CDC Travellers Advice- Southern Africa
• Lesotho: DHS, 2004 - Final Report (English)
  "Comprehensive survey results are published in the DHS Final Reports approximately 8-12 months after the completion of fieldwork. Standard reports are approximately 200 pages in length and include, but are not limited to, topics such as: household and respondent characteristics, fertility and family planning, maternal and child health, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS." Demographic and Health Surveys provide national and sub-national data on family planning, maternal and child health, child survival, HIV/AIDS/sexually transmitted infections (STIs), infectious diseases, reproductive health and nutrition.