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    South Africa's health minister Aaron Motsoaledi said this week the government's HIV programme had a shortfall of around one billion rand (£82 million) and that the country would not meet a target of providing life-prolonging drugs to 80 per cent of HIV/Aids sufferers by 2011. "This is a disgrace, this should not be happening. South Africa has many, many resources ... It's a very young democracy, but at the same time if they don't address this issue, things are just going to fall apart." South Africa, rich in natural resources, is battling its first recession in 17 years. Full Article at Scotland on Sunday
    This is a disgrace, this should not be happening. South Africa has many, many resources ... It's a very young democracy, but at the same time if they don't address this issue, things are just going to fall apart.
    Annie Lennox – Annie Lennox SOURCE: Scotland on Sunday 2 months ago
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Lennox slams South Africa on Aids
  1. Only 40 per cent of the people that actually require treatment are receiving it … You have in rural areas, for example, such a broken-down healthcare system where you have two doctors to half a million people.
    SOURCE: Scotland on Sunday 2 months ago
  2. People will walk, will crawl, they'll be pushed in wheelbarrows or carry people on their backs to get to the clinic
    SOURCE: Scotland on Sunday 2 months ago
  3. I think we have to give as much attention to this and full support to really try and make that challenge be met.
    SOURCE: Scotland on Sunday 2 months ago

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