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South Africa Criticizes AIDS Plan
19 February 2002
By The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The Health Ministry denounced on Tuesday [19 February] a decision by South Africa's wealthiest province to make a key AIDS drug available, saying it was at odds with the national policy to combat the disease.
The ministry criticism comes a day after Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa decided to provide the drug nevirapine to pregnant HIV positive women at provincial public hospitals -- part of a backlash against the government's sluggish AIDS policy.
Gauteng province includes Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria. Shilowa said the decision was intended to provide pregnant women with access to "the full package of care within a reasonable distance from their homes."
...Two opposition controlled provinces already have plans to distribute the drug but Gauteng is the first province controlled by the ruling African National Congress to do so.
Copyright 2002 The Associated Press
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category: News from Other Sources : AIDS News
contributed by Andrea Welch on 19 February 2002
Africa : South Africa
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