19 November 2001

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Health minister admits mistakes, affirms commitment to quality care

In her opening address to the National Health Summit, the Minister of Health, Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has reiterated Government's commitment to addressing HIV/AIDS in the country. She also admitted that despite good intentions, Government had made mistakes which had hampered the achievement of improved access to health services and quality of care. However she said the challenge now was to admit the mistakes and re-direct policy where necessary.
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Self-esteem lessons for AIDS orphans

The crowd of children, aged between 10 and 14, is deeply absorbed in the task of depicting the things that they like about themselves and their world. Their world so far has not afforded them much pleasure. Every child has watched either both parents or their mother die of AIDS. After their parents died, they lost their homes and now all live in a rundown, two-roomed house in Waterfall, near Durban, called Agape.
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