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World experts give antiretrovirals the go-ahead

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Experts believe "the benefits outweigh the potential adverse effects" in the use of antiretroviral drugs to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV.

kerrycullinan
October 26, 2000

Provinces delay on Nevirapine research

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Concerns around the efficacy of the drug Nevirapine in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV causes delays in provinces responding to an October 1 deadline for identifying their own sites for testing. KERRY CULLINAN reports.

kerrycullinan
October 9, 2000

The highs and lows of the AIDS 2000 conference

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Now that the delegates have left town, the exhibition halls emptied and the media centre silent, what impact has the 13th International AIDS conference had on efforts to prevent and treat the disease in our country? Sue Valentine reports

healthe
August 21, 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

Fight AIDS like we fought for the World Cup – Winnie

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If South Africa had given HIV/AIDS the same attention as we did to hosting the Soccer World Cup, we could have saved millions of lives, ANC Women's League president Winnie Madikizela Mandela told some 3 000 people in Durban yesterday at an international march to demand cheaper HIV/AIDS drugs.

healthe
July 10, 2000

Speaking out to protect science

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Professor Hoosen "Jerry" Coovadia used to be a draw-card speaker at anti-apartheid rallies. Yet today he finds himself at odds with the very democratic government he fought so hard to install over its HIV/AIDS policy.

kerrycullinan
July 7, 2000

UNICEF to help South African AIDS orphans

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AIDS orphans are to get special attention after President Thabo Mbeki and Carol Bellamy, executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) this week agreed that HIV/AIDS would be a major focus of Unicef's work in this country.

kerrycullinan
February 15, 2000

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