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SA launches five-year Aids plan | SA launches five-year Aids plan |
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South Africa has launched an ambitious five-year plan to combat Aids, as new research suggested 1,500 citizens were infected with HIV every day. | |
The government aims to halve infections by 2011, extend its anti-retroviral drug programme, and raise awareness. | The government aims to halve infections by 2011, extend its anti-retroviral drug programme, and raise awareness. |
The plan was broadly welcomed by Aids activists as a significant turn-around from past policies, which they say failed to address the epidemic. | The plan was broadly welcomed by Aids activists as a significant turn-around from past policies, which they say failed to address the epidemic. |
South Africa has one of the world's highest HIV infection rates. | |
When South Africa's Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka presented the country's new strategy for combating Aids, she was facing a potentially hostile audience. | |
Aids activists have longed accused the government of under-playing the threat of the epidemic, and diminishing the value of anti-retroviral drugs. | Aids activists have longed accused the government of under-playing the threat of the epidemic, and diminishing the value of anti-retroviral drugs. |
Urgent need | Urgent need |
But the new five-year plan has been broadly welcomed as a significant and genuine change of heart at the highest levels. | But the new five-year plan has been broadly welcomed as a significant and genuine change of heart at the highest levels. |
Under the plan, the government aims to change the behaviour of young people most vulnerable to HIV infection, to dramatically extend its anti-retroviral drug programme, and to cut new infections by half by 2011. | Under the plan, the government aims to change the behaviour of young people most vulnerable to HIV infection, to dramatically extend its anti-retroviral drug programme, and to cut new infections by half by 2011. |
The need is urgent. | The need is urgent. |
The minister released her plan as a study by the Human Sciences Research Council suggested that 1,500 South Africans are infected by HIV every day. | The minister released her plan as a study by the Human Sciences Research Council suggested that 1,500 South Africans are infected by HIV every day. |
The study suggested that young women are particularly vulnerable. | The study suggested that young women are particularly vulnerable. |
Up to 40% of women aged between 25 and 29 are HIV-positive, and for youths aged between 15 and 24, females accounted for 90% of all recent infections. |
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