HIV/AIDS in South Africa

New beginning in South Africa’s AIDS battle

Health & Medicine

South Africa has the largest number of HIV-infected people on the planet, but the country is taking aggressive new steps to fight AIDS.

30 Years of the Fight Against AIDS

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Recession impacts government-funded treatments for HIV and AIDS

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A new HIV study finds rate 40 percent higher than previously estimated

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South Africa and AIDS

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HIV laws in Africa

Global Politics

Lisa Mullins speaks with South African judge Edwin Cameron, who argues that laws that make it illegal for someone to transmit HIV to another person are bad public policy.

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