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Report: Fewer than half of 15-year-olds will live to be 60 because of AIDS |
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Written by asap
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Friday, 01 December 2006 |
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AP Photo / Denis Farrell
South African Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang talks at a news conference in Soweto in this Oct. 2000 file photo. The South African government, long under fire for doing too little to prevent the spread of AIDS and treatment victims of the disease, recently revamped its strategy. It gave responsibility to Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka and effectively sidelined Tshabalala-Msimang, who has been criticized for praising garlic, lemons and the African potato as remedies while disparaging the benefits of antiretroviral medicines.
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HIV/AIDS is South Africa's devastating challenge.
A new report says that fewer than half of the country's 15-year-olds will live to see their 60th birthday because of the virus.
An estimated 950 people died per day during 2006 from AIDS-related diseases and 1,400 people were infected each day, according to the report by the Actuarial Society of South Africa and the Medical Research Council.
Only India is believed to have more people infected with HIV than South Africa.
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The report included an estimate that 5.4 million of South Africa's 48 million people were infected with the AIDS virus by the middle of 2006. The report said life expectancy dropped from 63 in 1990 to 51 in 2006. In the hardest hit province of KwaZulu-Natal, it was as low as 43.
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A STRATEGY
The South African government recently revamped its strategy. It gave responsibility to Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ncguka and effectively sidelined Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang. Tshabalala-Msimang has been criticized for praising garlic, lemons and the African potato as remedies for HIV/AIDS.
Mlambo-Ncguka is due to unveil a plan for prevention, care and treatment of HIV/AIDS in 2007-2011 at World AIDS Day ceremonies.
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