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Tuesday, April 4, 2006 - 03:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
249 [3]
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More than 240 HIV-positive inmates at Westville Prison in Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday ended a hunger strike to advocate for access to treatment, Agence France-Presse reports. According to Xolani Ncemu, chair of the prison's HIV/AIDS support group, he and 241 other inmates launched the strike after months of negotiations with officials to resolve issues that have prevented some inmates from accessing treatment such as requiring identification documents.

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Food & Health [4]
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Country: 
South Africa [6]

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