Hard Data.(HIV/AIDS statistics for South Africa)(Brief Article)

Publication: Newsweek International

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South African president Thabo Mbeki has long denied his country's AIDS crisis, or even that HIV causes the fatal syndrome. Maybe the latest numbers from the government-appointed Medical Research Council will change his mind:

Twenty-five percent of all deaths in the country are HIV-related (40 percent in the 15-49...

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