Mandela Grief Challenges South Africa AIDS Stigma
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When Nelson Mandela speaks, South  Africa usually listens. But his message on AIDS still has  trouble getting through.
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As a rising number of HIV/AIDS patients turn to already over-stretched public sector facilities, the ongoing humanitarian crisis is undermining the quality of care in Southern Africa&#39;s health system.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa  - South African AIDS  campaigner Zackie Achmat knows he's a long shot for the Nobel  Peace Prize, but says his nomination is already a victory for  the millions of people around the world battling the epidemic.
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African leaders have expressed their sadness at the death of the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat. South Africa&#39;s President Thabo Mbeki said Mr Arafat&#39;s life was defined by unflinching sacrifice for his cause.
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South Africa's veteran Zulu leader Mangosutho Buthelezi, who has lost two children to AIDS, says the pandemic-blighted continent should stop sweeping the disease under the carpet.
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Women were at the frontline of a war that South Africa was involved in against HIV/Aids &quot;and are bearing its full brunt&quot;, says Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi.
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The usual war of words followed hard on the heels of the latest statistics on HIV/Aids in South Africa this week - but the tragic bottom line remained that more than 5 million people are infected with HIV.
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In the candlelit darkness of the Northwest United Protestant Church, people gathered Wednesday night to commemorate World AIDS Day spoke aloud the names of friends and family members suffering from the disease, and those who have died.
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Southern Africa&#39;s AIDS crisis is undermining the region&#39;s young democracies as politicians die, voter rolls shrink and electoral shifts help to entrench ruling parties in power, a new study said on Thursday.
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New cases of tuberculosis found in   South Africa have raised fears there could be multiple versions   of a highly drug resistant strain that has killed 62 people and   threatens to spread across a region ravaged by AIDS.
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The stigma and discrimination that shadow AIDS victims are major obstacles to effective prevention and care, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
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South Africa, burdened with one of the world's major HIV/AIDS epidemics, unveiled plans on Thursday for its biggest AIDS vaccine trial.
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JOHANNESBURG -- Former president Nelson Mandela announced yesterday that his eldest son died of AIDS-related complications, saying the only way to fight the disease's stigma was to speak openly about it.
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Nelson Mandela has launched a new  project to get people actively involved in fighting AIDS in  South Africa, one of the country's hardest hit by the epidemic,  his charitable foundation said on Monday.
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ZIMBABWEANS need to reflect on the plight of children who have been orphaned due to HIV and Aids, the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare has said.
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South Africa admits having problems with its Aids message, as activists call for the health minister to resign.
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This Wednesday is World AIDS Day: It will be marked by concerts and candlelit vigils from Armenia to Zambia. The speeches and statistics will have a horrific familiarity: Two decades after