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zero grazing

zero grazing
 n.— «Yet rarely seen among Botswana’s AIDS prevention messages is one that has worked in other African countries: Multiple sex partners kill. Dubbed “Zero Grazing” by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, this approach dominated in East Africa, where several countries curbed HIV rates.» —“Speeding HIV’s Deadly Spread” by Craig Timberg Washington Post Mar. 1, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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