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Home > South African Anglican Archbishop Calls Government Denial of Nevirapine 'a sin'

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Thursday, January 31, 2002 - 02:00
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Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
51 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The Anglican archbishop of South Africa, Njongonkulu Ndungane, on Friday called the South African government policy that prevents HIV-positive pregnant women from receiving the antiretroviral nevirapine to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission a "sin," Reuters reports.

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South Africa [6]

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