{"id":13276,"date":"2012-08-08T02:15:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T00:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/u-s-hands-more-control-to-s-africa-in-its-aids-fight\/"},"modified":"2012-08-08T02:15:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T00:15:20","slug":"u-s-hands-more-control-to-s-africa-in-its-aids-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-hands-more-control-to-s-africa-in-its-aids-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. hands more control to S.Africa in its AIDS fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Mbeki government ridiculed for AIDS policy<\/span><\/p>\n

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* Zuma government making progress in curbing infections<\/p>\n

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By Peroshni Govender<\/p>\n

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PRETORIA, Aug 7 (Reuters) – The United States and South
\nAfrica are to sign an agreement on funding for an anti-AIDS
\ncampaign that is symbolic of Pretoria’s shift from being a
\npariah to a global player in fighting the disease.<\/p>\n

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a visit
\nto South Africa that Pretoria will begin taking more of the
\nresponsibilities for its HIV\/AIDS programme, part of a broader
\neffort to overhaul the U.S. global plan for AIDS relief launched
\nunder former President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

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“South Africa is taking the lead, and I want publicly to
\ncommend your minister of health and his associates who are
\nwidely being given great admiration around the world for the
\nsuccess of their efforts,” Clinton told a news conference.<\/p>\n

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The United States limited access to HIV\/AIDS funding to the
\ngovernment of former President Thabo Mbeki, whose administration
\nwas ridiculed for denying there was a link between HIV and AIDS
\nwhile prescribing meaningless treatments such as beet root
\ninstead of internationally proven medicines.<\/p>\n

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President Jacob Zuma, who took office in 2009, put policies
\nin line with global research, strengthened campaigns to provide
\nnationwide the anti-retroviral drugs that control HIV and has
\nslowed an infection rate that ranks among the world’s highest.<\/p>\n

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On Wednesday, Clinton is expected to sign a deal to rework
\nSouth Africa’s programmes under what is known as “The
\nPresident’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief” (PEPFAR), allowing
\nthe government to better use the funding in its fight against
\nthe virus.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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