Jason Beaubien /NPR Anti-AIDS posters hang in the Eshowe public
health clinic in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal province.
Clinicians there are hoping to slow the spread of HIV by getting
more people treatment. Anti-AIDS posters hang in the Eshowe
public health clinic in South Africa's Kwazulu-Natal province.
Clinicians there are hoping to slow the spread of HIV by getting
more people treatment. Jason Beaubien /NPR With the largest HIV
epidemic in the world, no nation has been more affected by HIV
and AIDS than South Africa, but the country has also had one of
the most conflicted responses to the epidemic. A decade ago, as
the virus was spreading rapidly, then-President Thabo Mbeki was
questioning the link between HIV and AIDS. His health minister
was advocating the use of beetroot, garlic and lemon juice to
treat it. Now, years later, South Africa is trying to make up
for lost time. The nation is attempting to put in place a
cutting-edge HIV treatment and prevention program. The Growth Of
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