SOUTH AFRICA: Splashing out for HIV/AIDS orphans
16 January 2003 (PlusNews ), HIV/AIDS orphans are to benefit from funds raised during one of South Africa's premier sporting events.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Understanding youth culture is key
15 January 2003 (PlusNews ), Over 60 percent of HIV/AIDS infections in South Africa occur before the age of 25, a recent report from the South African University of Cape Town has revealed.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: Understanding youth culture is key
14 January 2003 (PlusNews ), Over 60 percent of HIV/AIDS infections in South Africa occur before the age of 25, a recent report from the South African University of Cape Town has revealed.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: Government must prove its leadership abilities - COSATU
14 January 2003 (PlusNews ), The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on Tuesday said the government must prove its leadership qualities by signing the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC) agreement which grants treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs).
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32113
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SOUTH AFRICA: AFRICA: "Free trade doesn't work for the dead" - Health GAP
14 January 2003 (PlusNews ), US HIV/AIDS lobby group the Health Global Access Project (Health GAP) at the weekend said a modest expansion of trade would be of little comfort to millions of Africans who are dying of HIV/AIDS.
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SOUTH AFRICA: NIGERIA: More comprehensive HIV/AIDS strategies needed
13 January 2003 (PlusNews ), AIDS activists on Monday welcomed a government announcement that ministers would use their public meetings as an opportunity to disseminate HIV/AIDS information.
http://www.plusnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=32106
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: Impala Platinum and NUM to meet over funeral row
13 January 2003 (PlusNews ), The world's second largest platinum miner Impala Platinum (Implats) on Monday said it will meet with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) this week in a bid to avert industrial action over a funeral benefits row.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: HIV/AIDS lobby group targets banks
10 January 2003 (PlusNews ), South African HIV/AIDS lobby group the National Association of People Living With HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) on Friday said it is now left with no option but to step up the pressure on the banks in the country, in protest over their alleged discrimination.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: Activists challenge invitation to HIV/AIDS dissident
9 January 2003 (PlusNews ), South African HIV/AIDS activists have condemned an invitation by Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to a leading AIDS dissident to address regional health ministers later this month.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Activists challenge invitation to HIV/AIDS dissident
9 January 2003 (PlusNews ), South African HIV/AIDS activists have condemned an invitation by Minister of Health Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to a leading AIDS dissident to address regional health ministers later this month.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: "Hunger strike extreme but necessary" - Catholic Church
8 January 2003 (PlusNews ), The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference (SACBC) on Wednesday said the 12-day hunger strike by the South African HIV/AIDS lobby group the National Association of People living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) was "extreme but necessary".
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SOUTH AFRICA: HIV/AIDS activists call for welfare grants, not food aid
7 January 2003 (PlusNews ), South African HIV/AIDS lobby group the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) on Tuesday cautiously welcomed an announcement by the government that it will provide nutritious food to people living with HIV/AIDS (PWAs).
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: HIV/AIDS lobby group ends hunger strike
6 January 2003 (PlusNews ), Three members of South Africa's National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) on Monday ended the second phase of their 12-day fasting protest outside the Johannesburg offices of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Association (PMA).
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SOUTH AFRICA: HIV/AIDS lobby group ends hunger strike
6 January 2003 (PlusNews ), It was a bleak holiday season for South Africa's National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA), as 14 of its members went on hunger strike calling for the uniform allocation of welfare grants and access to treatment.
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SOUTH AFRICA: HIV/AIDS lobby group on hunger strike
30 December 2002 (PlusNews ), South Africa's National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) on Monday continued a fasting protest outside the Johannesburg offices of a drug multinational as part of its 'Black Christmas' campaign.
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SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa: 'Black Christmas' for NAPWA
24 December 2002 (PlusNews ), The National Association of People living With HIV/AIDS (NAPWA) declared Wednesday a 'Black Christmas' because of the plight of more than 4.7 million people in the country living with the disease.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: Health minister's comments provoke criticism from activists
19 December 2002 (PlusNews ), Health minister Manto Tshabala-Msimang on Wednesday dismissed as "bizarre" a report by Britain's Guardian newspaper quoting her as saying South Africa could not afford anti-AIDS drugs, because it needed submarines.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Activists gear up for AIDS drug court battle
18 December 2002 (PlusNews ), South Africa's minister of health and a provincial health minister are being taken to court by AIDS lobby group the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), for failing to provide nevirapine to pregnant women in one of the country's nine provinces.
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: Activists gear up for AIDS drug court battle
18 December 2002 (PlusNews ), South Africa's minister of health and a provincial health minister are being taken to court by AIDS lobby group the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), for failing to provide nevirapine to pregnant women in one of the country's nine provinces
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SOUTH AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA: AIDS law project backs fishing company
16 December 2002 (PlusNews ), The AIDS Law Project (ALP) came out in support of fishing and food company Irvin and Johnson's (I&J) move to perform voluntary anonymous HIV/AIDS testing of workers, without first seeking court approval.
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