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2010-09-07 03:23:38am
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High incidence of death during child birthThe number of mothers dying during child births at Gauteng hospitals remains high and drastic steps need to be taken to address the situation, provincial Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu said. She said a total of 311 mothers died in Gauteng during child birth last year, representing a rate of 154 deaths per 100 000 live births. Click here to view page. |
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The price of denial
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang  In June 1999 Thabo Mbeki became president. And so began one of the most destructive episodes in our recent history – AIDS denialism. Mbeki questioned the very existence of a sexually-transmitted virus that caused AIDS.
MBEKI IN PARLIAMENT, 20 Sept 2000: You see if you ask the question does HIV cause AIDS… the question is, does a virus cause a syndrome? How does a virus cause a syndrome? It can’t. He undermined antiretroviral medication... calling it toxic. Yet ARVs are the only drugs scientifically proven to suppress HIV and save lives. This story counts the cost - in lives - of ten years of denialism and delays in treating desperate people... There were over three hundred thousand preventable AIDS deaths during the Mbeki era. We ask: Is there ANYTHING that can make up for this shocking. Click on the link above to access the video and transcript.
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