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South Africans ignoring HIV prevention

9 March 2010

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said yesterday that it was important to refocus on efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has stated his concern that South Africans do not appreciate prevention as the best treatment for HIV and Aids.

The minister said prevention was the mainstay of fighting against any disease and only once that had failed should treatment become paramount.  “The treatment we announced is because of the load we are having, but we want to stop that from happening and so we need to send that message out that regardless of the amount of money you have got, you have to prevent the disease.”

He continued, saying that government needs to intensify its campaign to reduce new HIV infection rates as it could not sustain big increases in its budget for HIV/AIDS treatment.

Read more at Independent Online and Business Day.

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