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South African soldiers disembark at Bujumbura airport, 2001. The South African military's blanket exclusions of HIV positive members is not medically justified and ignores government policy, lawyers for service personnel union told a court Thursday.

South African military AIDS policy faces court challenge

AFP - Thursday, May 15 07:38 pm

PRETORIA (AFP) - The South African military's blanket exclusions of HIV positive members is not medically justified and ignores government policy, lawyers for service personnel union told a court Thursday. More »

  • Fatsileni Luwanda (C) holds her friends Linda Magwaya (L) and Zione Besitoni at the Chifundo orphan Care Centre in Blantyre August 29, 2006. Luwanda, 9, lost her parents to AIDS and lives with her relatives.

    Free AIDS drugs slash death rate in Malawi study

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:07 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - Providing free AIDS drugs to people in northern Malawi has slashed adult mortality rates, vindicating a recent ramp-up in treatment in poor parts of rural Africa, researchers said on Friday. More »

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