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Govt must 'intensify Aids fight'

Source: News 24
Johannesburg : South Africa | 26 days ago  
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The fight against HIV/Aids needs to be intensified, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Friday. "Reports from the Lancet Medical Journal says South Africa forms 0.7% of the global population, yet carries 17% of the HIV burden, he said. "We need to come out with guns blazing fight this scourge."...
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