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Talking to HIV positive children about death and dying

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Gail Johnson adopted Nkosi Johnson when he was three years old. Despite being HIV positive, Nkosi is now eleven. Nkosi dreamed the other night that a voice told him he must die. When Gail asked him if he wanted to die, Nkosi said, "No, not yet." "Well then," replied Gail, "We've got to fight."

Ali Karriem
July 17, 2000

Mandela stills the tormented hearts of South Africans

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DURBAN- "The challenge is to move from rhetoric to action," said Nelson Mandela at the closing ceremony of the AIDS 2000 conference, as he underlined the importance of safer sex, the use of condoms and interventions to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS.

Ali Karriem
July 17, 2000

Mandela

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Ali Karriem
July 17, 2000

Durban 2000 where to now?

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Nelson Mandela has joined the powerful chorus of voices appealing to government to approve "large-scale actions for PMTC" at the close of the international AIDS conference in Durban.

kerrycullinan
July 17, 2000

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Talking to HIV positive children about death and dying

Mandela stills the tormented hearts of South Africans

Mandela

Durban 2000 where to now?

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