Annotated Bibliography: Voluntary Counselling and Testing

follow the prescribed doses reliability. This can lead to drug-resistant HIV infection.
Notes: 1 copy
Ref ID: 2716
(1998). Prevention, not cure: Aids focus for Africa. The Citizen.
Keywords: Africa/prevention/Sub-Saharan Africa/traditional healer/UNAIDS
Abstract: Traditional healers claim a mysterious paste rubbed all over the body will provide
protection from the disease, while young men believe sleeping with a fat woman is safe because
Aids victims waste away before dying. But the epidemic marches on. On 31 million people
worldwide living with the human- immuno deficiency virus (HIV) that precedes Aids, 21 million are
in sub-Saharan Africa, the latest figures from UNAids. Africa is clearly the most affected area in
the world. Over 10% of all adults are HIV positive compared to one percent global average.
Africa could not afford to wait for scientists to find a cure or vaccine and must concentrate on
prevention. We have to face that in the next decade we will not have a vaccine deliverable to
people on a large scale. Prevention is the most important thing to focus on.
Notes: 1 copy
Ref ID: 2675
(1998). Joint initiative could reduce the costs of AIDS treatment. Business day.
Abstract: The long-term costs of treating Aids sufferers in SA, as well as the number of deaths
from the disease, could be drastically reduced through an initiative by the business sector,
medical aid societies and major pharmaceutical manufacturers.
Notes: 1 copy
Ref ID: 2154
Keywords: clinic
(1998). "Miracle" that two patients say saved them from death's door. Saturday Star.
Abstract: Can claims made by Shawn Stewart and his controversial clinic team be substantiated?
The Sunday Star retested two of Stewart's HIV-infected patients, whom he claimed had
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