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Everybody’€™s business and everybody’€™s faultLiving with AIDS # 155

While HIV and AIDS is a condition that still strikes fear among many people, developments in medical, scientific and social sciences research communities over the last few years have helped to change perceptions. HIV and AIDS can be a manageable and treatable condition. That is the thrust of a new book: '€œStill Everybody'€™s Business'€, published by insurance group, Metropolitan.
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Food and traditional medicines prominent in AIDS planLiving with AIDS # 154

Good nutrition and traditional or complementary medicines feature prominently in the government'€™s HIV and AIDS treatment and care plan approved by Cabinet last week. The plan provides for the roll-out of life-prolonging antiretroviral medicines for people living with AIDS. Khopotso Bodibe of Health-e News Service spoke to members of the AIDS Treatment Task Team to find out why the emphasis on food and traditional medicines.
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Treatment roll-out – what it means for businessLiving with AIDS #153

Last month marked a turning point in the South African government's response to the AIDS epidemic as the Cabinet approved the final draft of the Operational Plan for Comprehensive HIV and AIDS Care and Treatment. As the stage is now set for the roll-out, new challenges are looming for many sectors of society. The business community is one of these.
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Canada to lift patents on ARVs

More than a month ago Canada announced, to great applause from the developing world and tireless AIDS activists, that it was willing to change its laws and allow generic drug manufacturers to export cheaper anti-retrovirals to poorer countries. Health-e looks at how the announcement came about and when it is likely to start delivering the desperately needed drugs.
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