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Thursday, August 5, 2004 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
168 [3]
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South Africa has about 1.5 million fewer HIV-positive people than UNAIDS reported earlier this month, according to a new report released Wednesday by the country's governmental statistics agency Stats SA, Reuters reports. According to Stats SA's mid-year statistical report, there are about 3.8 million HIV-positive people in South Africa, and approximately 1.5 million people have died from AIDS-related causes.

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Food & Health [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/23560 [5]
Country: 
South Africa [6]

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