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In South Africa, a dramatic shift on AIDS

KwaZulu Natal province, South Africa, has one of the highest concentrations of AIDS orphans in South Africa.


In Johannesburg, South Africa the government is trying to help reduce the number of people infected with HIV/AIDS virus. They are going to get rid of their lemons and beets protection and bring in more logical, testing, and prevention programs.

President Thabo Mbeki once believed that lemons and beet roots would be a beneficial protection to the people of South Africa. He also believed that the HIV virus didn't cause the AIDS virus. Now the government is singing a different tune and is trying to fix the many years of not doing anything to actually help the people. The government has come out and said that HIV does in fact cause AIDS. This their first step to starting the program that will be in effect.

The severity of AIDS in South Africa is above anyone's guess. A whopping estimated 5.4 million of 47 million people have HIV. This is the highest in the world. It has taken many years for AIDS activists to finally get what they wanted in the end. Some kind of government intervention to help the epidemic. Increasing the availability of antiretroviral drugs through the public health system is the plan for the government. The government would like to help reduce the number of people getting infected with HIV but many people believe that is too late.

In South Africa, a dramatic shift on AIDS

posted by Anonymous @ 10/28/2006 01:49:00 PM