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HIV rate declining?
Jun 7 2008, Alice Vosloo

AIDS is a huge problem in South Africa. One of pandemic proportions as a matter of fact. According to a website called Avert, “almost half of all deaths in South Africa, and a staggering 71% of deaths among those aged between 15 and 49, are caused...

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