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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by MduZA: 2:08pm On Nov 09, 2014
Scholes007:
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PLS WHERE DID YOU GET DAT...GO CHECK YOUR SOURCE AGAIN TOTAL NIGERIANS WITH HIV IS A LITTLE ABOVE THAT FIGURE U QUOTED...OR DO YOU EVEN KNW WHERE BENUE IS?

lol....my friend you don't know the state of your country but you know the state of a country thousands miles away....there is a thread on this forum wherein your country men and women are discussing about HIV-AIDS in Benue state...with vast majority of Nigerians not accounted for your country comes second behind SA...nobody knows maybe your country has already surpassed SA,your country cannot give reliable stats..

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Kingbritt(m): 2:17pm On Nov 09, 2014
adamskutty:
definitly a new found slave, an unknown deranged lowlife gaynian toad with an IQ equivalent to a dot grin

U warthog faced gaynian buffoon, don't u know ur kind are the lowest of the low? equivalent to nothing, the dregs of this earth grin

I look down on yall inferior burnt skin creaturea, yall charcant grin u slugslimed sack of rat guts in cats vomit grin

Go fvck a fowl u backward primitive grin
A typicall mumufied mumu grin grin grin
Forking stewpid retardeen who tinks posting ttrash is residue of high IQ grin not knowing na ur whoorish mama u dey fool grin
Meanwhile dis brnt offering isa nigerian.... grin

Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Scholes007(m): 3:36pm On Nov 09, 2014
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MduZA:


lol....my friend you don't know the state of your country but you know the state of a country thousands miles away....there is a thread on this forum wherein your country men and women are discussing about HIV-AIDS in Benue state...with vast majority of Nigerians not accounted for your country comes second behind SA...nobody knows maybe your country has already surpassed SA,your country cannot give reliable stats..


the total number of HIV patients in the world stands at 32-36 million in 2014...and if Benue state has 1 million going by ur statistics Nigeria has 36 million patients right?...my frnd i still challenge to go check your source...yes Nigeria had 500,000 increase in the last 5 year but it is not as you quoted. By population ratio it is too small...Ghana also had an increase which is higher compared to population ratio
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by adamskutty(m): 3:51pm On Nov 09, 2014
Kingbritt:

A typicall mumian.... grin
crap

U typos are filled with gibberish, lemme (ur lord and mister) educate u baboon for the mean time.

Today is ur lucky day, cos i am gonna maul that madness out of ur coconut brain, u burnt skin gaynian toad, i didnt say they aint extremely darkskin nigerians,but in the minority, let's say 5 percent, on the other hand 99percent of ur kind are burnt skin offerings, equivalent to midnights grin

U bruised beast, the agitated blue old buffoon,soulless septic psycopatic clodhopper, bewildered miser grin puhahahaha! Smoking of dry cow dung mixed with watery monkey sperm must have affected ur decomposing brain, u clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginious junk grin

Bow before me u inferior being, i am superior to you ugly strange creature grin

Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by adamskutty(m): 3:56pm On Nov 09, 2014
MduZA:


lol....my friend you don't know the state of your country but you know the state of a country thousands miles away....there is a thread on this forum wherein your country men and women are discussing about HIV-AIDS in Benue state...with vast majority of Nigerians not accounted for your country comes second behind SA...nobody knows maybe your country has already surpassed SA,your country cannot give reliable stats..
foolish southy bantu grin

Cretinious fvctard.

One in 32 nigerians got aids

While

1 in every 4 southafrican got aids grin

7 million out of 50million southafrican have aids grin

While 3 million out of 180million nigerians got aids grin

That is less than 3 percent of the population unlike urs which stands at 15 percent grin

U are a fvctard once more grin

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by adamskutty(m): 4:03pm On Nov 09, 2014
GHKWAME1:
So watch?v=7dg4fna60eA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
utter crap from a complete gaynian dunce grin

The fight with boko boys was on the border, that was a tactical retreat,u wont understand, since ur boys scout have never being to war grin

Puhahahah! Sh1tty mor0n with canoe shaped head grin what do u have to say about this? grin

the poor ,shameful state of gaynian almost non-existant military grin


http://m.modernghana.com/mobile/420029/1/state-of-ghana-armed-forces-before-npp-took-over-p.html

gaynian boys scout making use of borrowed uniforms and guns grin

Puhahaha! Thank God i am not a gaynian grin
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by MduZA: 4:52pm On Nov 09, 2014
Scholes007:

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the total number of HIV patients in the world stands at 32-36 million in 2014...and if Benue state has 1 million going by ur statistics Nigeria has 36 million patients right?...my frnd i still challenge to go check your source...yes Nigeria had 500,000 increase in the last 5 year but it is not as you quoted. By population ratio it is too small...Ghana also had an increase which is higher compared to population ratio


a Nigerian will scream on top of his voice denying that Johannesburg is in south Africa...let a genuine Nigerian share a nairaland link wherein Nigerians are discussing about HIV-AIds in Benue state
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by MduZA: 5:01pm On Nov 09, 2014
adamskutty:
foolish southy bantu grin

Cretinious fvctard.

One in 32 nigerians got aids

While

1 in every 4 southafrican got aids grin

7 million out of 50million southafrican have aids grin

While 3 million out of 180million nigerians got aids grin

That is less than 3 percent of the population unlike urs which stands at 15 percent grin

U are a fvctard once more grin


poor Nigerian,where do u get those figures?...
Aids is killing your nation while you pretend like everything is normal,your government can't release the reliable stats because your leaders are shying away from taking responsibility...
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by iamord(m): 7:06pm On Nov 09, 2014
MduZA:



a Nigerian will scream on top of his voice denying that Johannesburg is in south Africa...let a genuine Nigerian share a nairaland link wherein Nigerians are discussing about HIV-AIds in Benue state

Very good
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Scholes007(m): 7:37pm On Nov 09, 2014
MduZA:



a Nigerian will scream on top of his voice denying that Johannesburg is in south Africa...let a genuine Nigerian share a nairaland link wherein Nigerians are discussing about HIV-AIds in Benue state

My frnd pls lets be object...come up with points wen u comment...i would have loved you to do some research on this issue...but it seems you dont want to knw the truth or u are too ashamed to accept the truth. go to latest sources...
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Scholes007(m): 8:10pm On Nov 09, 2014
SOME TRUTH abt Nigeria worth noting are:
1-only 1/3 of Nigerians are poor (over 100 million above poverty level)
2-Nigeria is the number 1 destination of foreign investment in Africa
3-the highest number cell phone active user in Africa are frm Nigeria
4-despite the problems problems in infrastructure Nigerian has the second largest paved road network in Africa after SA
5-Nigeria's economy is the largest economy in Africa
6-Nigeria's nolly wood industry 3rd most successful movie industry in world
7-Nigeria cement giant dangote cement 1 of the largest in the world and largest in Africa
8-Nigeria population largest in Africa
9-Nigerian army have undergone many successful peace keeping in Africa...
10-Nigeria has more millionaires and billionaires than all west Afrcan countries combined
11- Nigeria and SA recognised in UN (permanent sit)
12- Nigeria 1of the countries to contain Ebola
13-Nigeria and SA has the largest indigenous multinational firms in Africa

The list continues but Nigeria also has problem which any other west African can not with stand. All am saying is let Nigerian be compared with other more viable nations not Ghana or any other west African nation let be compared with likes of SA, Malaysia Singapore...then we will have issues to debate.
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 8:40pm On Nov 09, 2014
MduZA:



[s]poor Nigerian,where do u get those figures?...
Aids is killing your nation while you pretend like everything is normal,your government can't release the reliable stats because your leaders are shying away from taking responsibility...[/s]


mdullza, the most astonishing, recalcitrant, deaf and dumb illiterate from the southern hemisphere grin its appalling to think dat in the 21st century, when humans are evolving and people are getting wiser, antelopes like u are getting dumber and ur stvpidity is getting higher...

i used to think gaynians were d dumbest set of beings in the continent but u just proved to me that d descendants of chaka zulu are roasted brains who have nothing else to do wit dia god given heads dan fill dia membranes wit alcohol, tobacco and cheap skunk! ure a disgrace to south africans...read this link below about hiv/Aids in Safrica, u dumb, dull, dusty, deformed and deterring son of a schizophrenic rapist!

May d gods of ur ancestors visit ur lineage wit Alzheimer and cat-scratch disease if u quote ur creator! U vile, defiled debilitating bas-tard grin

[size=15pt]HIV/AIDS in South Africa
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Estimated HIV infection in Africa in 2007 shows high rates of infection in Southern Africa.
HIV/AIDS in South Africa is a prominent health concern; South Africa is believed to have more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country in the world.


The 2007 UNAIDS report estimated that 5,700,000 South Africans had HIV/AIDS, or just under 12% of South Africa's population of 48 million.[1] In the adult population the rate is 18.10%.[2] The number of infected is larger than in any other single country in the world. The other top five countries with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence are all neighbours of South Africa.

In 2007, only 28% of people in South Africa with advanced HIV/AIDS were receiving anti-retroviral treatment (ART). In 2004, 2005 and 2006 the figures were 4%, 15% and 21% respectively.[3] By 2009, nearly 1 million or about 2% of all adult South Africans were receiving ART.[4]

In 2010, an estimated 280,000 South Africans died of HIV/AIDS. In the aughts, it is estimated that between 42% and 47% of all deaths among South Africans were HIV/AIDS deaths.[5] However, the Death Notification Forms Survey of 2010, which estimates a 93% completion rate, shows that out of a total of 543,856 deaths nationwide (Appendix C4), only 18,325 deaths were attributed to HIV/AIDS Diseases (B20-B24, Table 4.5). [6]

Although new infections among mature age groups in South Africa remain high, new infections among teenagers seem to be on the decline. HIV/AIDS prevalence figures in the 15–19 year age group for 2005, 2006 and 2007 were 16%, 14% and 13% respectively.[7]

Contents [hide]
1 Prevalence
1.1 By race
1.2 By gender
1.3 By pregnant women
1.4 By age
1.5 By province
2 Economic impact
3 Awareness campaigns
4 Co-infection with tuberculosis
5 History of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
5.1 1985
5.2 1990
5.3 1993
5.4 1995
5.5 1996
5.6 1997
5.7 1999
5.8 2000
5.9 2001
5.10 2002
6 Demographics
7 AIDS denialism in South Africa
7.1 2000
7.2 2001
7.3 2003
7.4 2006
7.5 2007
7.6 2013
8 The role of the media in South Africa's epidemic
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Prevalence[edit]
The Human Sciences Research Council, a South African institution, estimates 10.9% of all South Africans have HIV/AIDS.[8] Additionally, the Central Intelligence Agency estimates that 310,000 individuals died in South Africa from HIV/AIDS in the year 2009.[2] The rising prevalence rate has increased from 10.6% in 2008 to 12.2% in 2012. In 2012 alone, the Human Science Research Council (HSRC), reported 470,000 new diagnoses -- or nearly 1,100 new infections every day. That's 100,000 more than was seen just one year earlier in 2011. Driving these statistics is the decreasing, rather than increasing, public knowledge about HIV. According the HSRC report, only 26.8% of the 38,000 people surveyed understood how HIV was transmitted or ways to prevent it. That's down from 30.3% in 2008, with evidence showing that South Africans under 50 are having an increasing number of sexual partners and lower condom use.

By race[edit]
Main article: HIV/AIDS in South African townships
A 2008 study revealed that HIV/AIDS infection in South Africa is distinctly divided along racial lines: 13.6% of black Africans in South Africa are HIV-positive, whereas only 0.3% of whites living in South Africa have the disease.[9] False traditional beliefs about HIV/AIDS, which contribute to the spread of the disease, persist in townships due to the lack of education and awareness programmes in these regions. Sexual violence and local attitudes toward HIV/AIDS have also amplified the epidemic.

By gender[edit]
HIV/AIDS is more prevalent among female adults under the age of 40 in nearly all age groups. Roughly 4 in every 5 people with HIV/AIDS aged 20–24 are women, and only one third of people with HIV/AIDS aged 25–29 are men. Although prevalence is higher among women in general, only 1 in every 6 HIV/AIDS infected people with multiple sex partners are women.

By pregnant women[edit]
HIV prevalence among pregnant women is highest in the populous KwaZulu-Natal province (37%), and lowest in the Western Cape (13%), Northern Cape (16%) and Limpopo (18%) provinces. In the five other provinces (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West) at least 26% of women attending antenatal clinics in 2006 tested HIV-positive.

The latest HIV data collected at antenatal clinics suggest that HIV infection levels might be levelling off, with HIV prevalence in pregnant women at 30% in 2007, 29% in 2006, and 28% in 2007. The decrease in the percentage of young pregnant women (15–24 years) found to be infected with HIV also suggests a possible decline in the annual number of new infections.[10]

By age[edit]
Between 2005 and 2008, the number of older teenagers with HIV/AIDS has nearly halved.[8] Between 2002 and 2008, prevalence among South Africans over 20 years old have increased whereas the figure for those under 20 years old have dropped somewhat over the same period.[8]

Condom use is highest among the youth and lowest among old people. More than 80% of men and more than 70% of women under 25 years old use condoms, and slightly more than half of men and women aged 25–49 claim to use condoms.[8]

More than 30% of young adults and more than 80% of older adults know the truth about HIV/AIDS. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS is lowest among people older than 50 years—less than two thirds know the truth about the disease.[8]

By province[edit]
Further information: HIV/AIDS in South African townships
In 2008, more than half (55%) of all South Africans infected with HIV reside in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces.[11]

Between 2005 and 2008, the total number of people infected with HIV/AIDS have increased in all of South Africa's provinces except KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Nevertheless, KwaZulu-Natal still has the highest infection rate at 15.5% In the province with the lowest infection rate, the Western Cape, the total number of people with HIV/AIDS doubled between 2005 and 2008.[8]

Condom use has increased twofold in all provinces between 2002 and 2008. The two provinces where condoms were least used in 2002 were also the provinces where condoms are least used in 2008, namely the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.[8]

HIV/AIDS prevalence among sexually active South Africans by province are:

KwaZulu-Natal: 25.8%
Mpumalanga: 23.1%
Free State: 18.5%
North West: 17.7%
Gauteng: 15.2%
Eastern Cape: 15.2%
Limpopo: 13.7%
Northern Cape: 9.2%
Western Cape: 5.3%
Economic impact[edit]
The comparison done in 2003 of the results from four forecasting methods predicted the difference between an HIV/AIDS scenario versus a no-HIV/AIDS scenario for annual growth rates between 2002 and 2015.[12] According to the study, real growth in GDP would be 0.6 percentage points lower than if there were no HIV/AIDS, but per-capita growth in GDP would be 0.9 percentage points higher. Growth in population would have been 1.5 percentage points lower, and growth of the labour force would be 1.2 percentage points lower, but the unemployment rate would be 0.9 percentage points lower as well.

The South African branch of the company Daimler-Chrysler estimated that in 2002 expenses related to HIV/AIDS were equivalent to 4% of all its salaries in South Africa.[13] A study done in 2000 by South Africa's second largest company, Sasol, indicated that 15% of its local workforce was HIV positive, of which 11% had AIDS.[14] According to the CEO of South Africa's largest company, SAB Miller, the cost of HIV/AIDS include costs associated with increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, increased turnover, and healthcare costs.[15]

Awareness campaigns[edit]
The four main HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns in South Africa are Khomanani (funded by the government), LoveLife (primarily privately funded), Soul City (a television drama for adults) and Soul Buddyz (a television series for teenagers).[16] Soul City and Soul Buddyz are the most successful campaigns although both campaigns experienced a slight loss of effectiveness between 2005 and 2008. Khomanani is the least successful campaign, although its effectiveness has increased by more than 50% between 2005 and 2008.

The dubious quality of condoms which are distributed is a setback to these efforts. In 2007, the government recalled more than 20 million locally manufactured condoms which were defective. Some of the contraceptive devices given away at the ANC's centenary celebrations in 2012 failed the water test conducted by the Treatment Action Campaign.[17]

Co-infection with tuberculosis[edit]
In 2007, it was estimated that one third of HIV infected people will develop TB (tuberculosis) in their lifetime. Although not all patients with TB are tested for HIV, in 2006, some 40% of TB patients were tested for HIV. It has been the government policy since 2002 to cross-check all new cases of TB for HIV infection.[18]

Although STI prevention is part of the government's HIV/AIDS programmes, as it is in that of most countries, in South Africa HIV/AIDS prevention is done in conjunction with TB prevention. Most patients who die from HIV-related causes die from TB or similar illnesses. In fact the Health Department's programme of prevention is called the "National HIV and AIDS and TB Programme".[19] In line with United Nations requirements, South Africa has also drawn up an "HIV & AIDS and STI Strategic Plan".[20]

History of HIV/AIDS in South Africa[edit]
In 1983, AIDS was diagnosed for the first time in two patients in South Africa.[21] The first recorded death owing to AIDS occurred in 1983.[21] By 1986, there were 46 recorded AIDS diagnoses. Estimates from 2000 indicated that 5% of actual infections and only 1% of actual deaths due to AIDS were reported prior to 1990. Prior to 1990, AIDS was more common among homosexual people. By 1990, less than 1% of South Africans had AIDS. By 1996, the figure stood at around 3% and by 1999 the figure had reached 10%.[22] AIDS infection started reaching pandemic proportions around 1995.[23]

1985[edit]
In 1985, the South African government set up the country’s first AIDS Advisory Group.

1990[edit]
In 1990 the first national antenatal survey to test for HIV found that 0.8% of pregnant women were HIV-positive. It was estimated that there were between 74,000 and 6,500,135 people in South Africa living with HIV. Antenatal surveys have subsequently been carried out annually.

1993[edit]
In 1993 the HIV prevalence rate among pregnant women was 4.3%. By 1993 the National Health Department reported that the number of recorded HIV infections had increased by 60% in the previous two years and the number was expected to double in 1993.

1995[edit]
In August 1995, the Department of Health awarded a R14.27 million contract to produce a sequel to the musical, Sarafina, about AIDS that would reach young people.[24] The project was dogged by controversy, and was finally shelved in 1996.[25]

From 6–10 March 1995, the 7th International Conference for People Living with HIV and AIDS was held in Cape Town, South Africa.[26] The conference was opened by then-Deputy President Thabo Mbeki.[27]

1996[edit]
In January 1996 it was decided that South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana-Bafana, would contribute to the AIDS Awareness Campaign by wearing red ribbons to all their public appearances during the African Nations Cup.[28]

On 5 July 1996,[29] South Africa's health minister Nkosazana Zuma spoke at the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver. She said:

Most people infected with HIV live in Africa, where therapies involving combinations of expensive anti-viral drugs are out of the question.[30]
1997[edit]
In February 1997, South African government's Health Department defended its support for the controversial AIDS drug Virodene by stating that "the `cocktails' that are available [for the treatment of HIV/AIDS] are way beyond the means of most patients [even from developed countries]".[31] Parliament had previously launched an investigation into the procedural soundness of the clinical trials for the drug.[32]

1999[edit]
In 1999 the South African HIV prevention campaign loveLife is founded.

2000[edit]
In 2000 the Department of Health outlined a five-year plan to combat AIDS, HIV and STIs. A National AIDS Council (SANAC) was set up to oversee these developments.

2001[edit]
The South African government successfully defended against a legal action brought by transnational pharmaceutical companies in April 2001 of a law that would allow cheaper locally-produced medicines, including anti-retrovirals, although the government's roll-out of anti-retrovirals remained generally slow.

In 2001, Right to Care, an NGO dedicated to the prevention and treatment of HIV and associated diseases, was founded. Using USAID's PEPFAR funding, the organisation expanded rapidly and after ten years (2011) had over 125 000 HIV-positive patients in clinical care.

2002[edit]
In 2002 South Africa's High Court ordered the government[citation needed] to make the drug nevirapine available to pregnant women to help prevent mother to child transmission of HIV, following campaigns by Treatment Action Campaign and others.

Demographics[edit]
According to the National HIV and Syphilis Antenatal Sero-prevalence Survey of 2005[33] and 2007,[34] the percentage of pregnant women with HIV per year was as follows:

Year: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 [35]
Percentage: 0.7 1.7 2.2 4.0 7.6 10.4 14.2 17.0 22.8 22.4 24.5 24.8 26.5 27.9 29.5 30.2 29.1 28.0 29.3 29.4 30.2 29.5
According to a 2006 study by The South African Department of Health, 13.3% of 9,950 Africans that were included in the poll had HIV. Out of 1,173 whites, 0.6% had HIV.[36] These numbers are confirmed in a 2008 study by the Human Sciences Research Council that found a 13.6% infection rate among Africans, 1.7% among Coloreds, 0.3% among Indians, and 0.3% among Whites.[dubious – discuss][37]

In 2007, it was estimated that between 4.9 and 6.6 million of South Africa's 48 million people of all ages were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).[38]

AIDS denialism in South Africa[edit]
See also HIV/AIDS denialism in South Africa.
2000[edit]
On 9 July 2000, then President Thabo Mbeki opened the International AIDS Conference in Durban with a speech not about HIV or AIDS but about extreme poverty in Africa. In the speech, he confirmed his belief that immune deficiency is a big problem in Africa but that one can't possibly attribute all immune deficiency related diseases to a single virus.[39][40]

On 4 September 2000, Thabo Mbeki acknowledged during an interview with Time Magazine (South African edition) that HIV can cause AIDS but confirmed his opinion that HIV should not be regarded as the sole cause of immune deficiency. He said:

...the notion that immune deficiency is only acquired from a single virus cannot be sustained. Once you say immune deficiency is acquired from that virus, your response will be anti-retroviral drugs. But if you accept that there can be a variety of reasons ... then you can have a more comprehensive treatment response.[41][42]
On 20 September 2000, then President Thabo Mbeki responded to a question in Parliament about his views. He said:

All HIV/AIDS programmes of this government are based on the thesis that HIV causes AIDS. [But...] can a virus cause a syndrome? ... It can't, because a syndrome is a group of diseases resulting from acquired immune deficiency. Indeed, HIV contributes [to the collapse of the immune system], but other things contribute as well.[43]
2001[edit]
In 2001 the government appointed a panel of scientists, including a number of AIDS denialists, to report back on the issue. The report suggested alternative treatments for HIV/AIDS, but the South African government responded that unless alternative scientific proof is obtained, it will continue to base its policy on the idea that the cause of AIDS is HIV.[44]

2003[edit]
Despite international drug companies offering free or cheap anti-retroviral drugs, the Health Ministry remained hesitant about providing treatment for people living with HIV. Only in November 2003 did the government approve a plan to make anti-retroviral treatment publicly available. Prior to 2003, South Africans with HIV who used the public sector health system could get treatment for opportunistic infections but could not get anti-retrovirals.[36]

2006[edit]
The effort to improve treatment of HIV/AIDS was damaged by the attitude of many figures in the government, including President Mbeki. The then health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, advocated a diet of garlic, olive oil and lemon to cure the disease.[45] Although many scientists and political figures called for her removal, she was not removed from office until Mbeki himself was removed from office.[46] These policies led to the deaths of over 300,000 South Africans.[47]

2007[edit]
In August 2007, President Mbeki and Health Minister Tshabalala-Msimang dismissed Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. Madlala-Routledge has been widely credited by medical professionals and AIDS activists.[48] Although she was officially dismissed for corruption, it was widely held that she was dismissed for her more mainstream beliefs about AIDS and its relation with HIV.[49]

2013[edit]
The United States announced in March, 2013 that their support to South Africa will be cut in half by 2017 due to the economic crisis and compulsory budget cuts.[50]

It could be claimed that the news media have taken a less aggressive stance since the end of Mbeki’s presidency and the death of Tshabalala Msimang. The emergence of Jacob Zuma as party and state leader heralded what the press saw as a new era of AIDS treatment.[56] However, this also means that HIV is afforded less news coverage. A recent study by the HIV/AIDS and the Media Project has shown that the quantity of HIV-related news coverage has declined dramatically from 2002/3 (what could be considered the pinnacle of government denialism) to the more recent “conflict resolution” phase under Zuma. Perhaps HIV has fallen into the traditional categories of being impersonal, undramatic, "old" news.[52] The number of health journalists has also declined considerably.[57]
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by iamord(m): 8:49pm On Nov 09, 2014
Rubbish smh
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 8:54pm On Nov 09, 2014
Kingbritt:

A typicall mumufied mumu grin grin grin
Forking stewpid retardeen who tinks posting ttrash is residue of high IQ grin not knowing na ur whoorish mama u dey fool grin
Meanwhile dis brnt offering isa nigerian.... grin

Another victim of sunburn and poverty...caustic, rusty degenerating, masturbating bas.tard, f00lishness in sh-itgayna is an inheritance, i just wonder how many f00ls in ur lineage placed dis curse of stvpidity on ur wretched soul grin Ur case is rare because no amount of deliverance can redeem u frm illiteracy grin sh.ithead, mumugaynain...even ur President Mahama was so stvpid dat he went begging wit his plastic plate in a godforsaken country like niger republic grin. say hi to ur mumu parents below for me grin

Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 9:07pm On Nov 09, 2014
iamord:
Rubbish smh

Another dark skinned mumu from sh-itgayna aka tissue paper republic...keep shaking ur head till dat empty coconut head falls off ur shoulders grin ur mates are selling puff puff and alomo bitters to make ends meet and ur mumu self is here shaking ur head grin

D POVERTY dat will befall ur linage is still doing press up...by the way, i heard petrodullard was arrested for stealing human placenta in kumasi grin no wonder d defiled son of a blind witch has been missing from my e-flogging grin. ur type needs to be burnt or buried alive cos u have nothing to offer to humanity as a whole and to the universe in general other than polluting the environment wit feces and diseases.

May d accursed gods of gayna strike u with photosynthetic epilepsy and knee cap disease if u quote ur master. bas,tard grin

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by iamord(m): 9:49pm On Nov 09, 2014
diablos:


Another dark skinned mumu from sh-itgayna aka tissue paper republic...keep shaking ur head till dat empty coconut head falls off ur shoulders grin ur mates are selling puff puff and alomo bitters to make ends meet and ur mumu self is here shaking ur head grin

D POVERTY dat will befall ur linage is still doing press up...by the way, i heard petrodullard was arrested for stealing human placenta in kumasi grin no wonder d defiled son of a blind witch has been missing from my e-flogging grin. ur type needs to be burnt or buried alive cos u have nothing to offer to humanity as a whole and to the universe in general other than polluting the environment wit feces and diseases.

May d accursed gods of gayna strike u with photosynthetic epilepsy and knee cap disease if u quote ur master. bas,tard grin

Look here bastard child. I am the wrongest person you will ever quote. Who the 4k is this broke wankaster, an e- under achiever trying to flex muscles. That's how far you can go in life .. So you have failed in all spheres and this is your last resort A tout under bridge is even better than you. You are an e- tout and your aspirations will not pass being a virtual hooligan. The moment the free Kilobyte your service provider gave you finishes . You go off with it.. U feeling like one boi wey sabi yap.. The last time I saw your type was in junior secondary school.. So you know that you are so immature and retarded. and way in the past. You are living dead already cos by now time has left u behind.. U just need a pat at the back to send u to the grave. It won't be with my hands cos u dying a filthy broke a.s.s mofo with an unmarked Grave.. The abestor on the ceiling of that scanty house untop drainage you in that has been marked For demolition is what would be Used to cover your stinking corpse.. They need to take you deeper into the forest..past the slain ebola patients.. Lest your sadistic life affects them in the after life... My mates are in high places..running things round the world and in your country.. Schooled in the best schools in your 4king country, in one of the nicest neighborhoods that your pensioner frustrated and rejected father can't afford..he is going to the grave with u but he will see u go down first cos right from birth you have been a waste.. Why didn't u just die abiku Instead u chose to frustrate the broke ass man with your stupidity.. Now he is gonna watch u die first.. Your Destiny is for your remains to be used at luth for studies on the generation of saw dust brained nigerians.. But you sef ! Let's reason a bit. What can you contribute to nigeria?.. You can't even waste resources sef cos you can't afford the basic things on life.. U lucky air is free..else U would have been flapping like a fish on dry land.. I pop in your country.. Bleep your bitches. The Type that u cut out of the magazine that you stole in the process of crediting 20 naira puff puff and self-service all night long. I move with movers and shakers in your country that make you question god say why your destiny just get k-leg like this

Boy you are finished..adding a curse on you will be an insult on injury cos you are curse it self.. The demons in the leigon man won't have space in you cos you filled up all ready. With demons that they can't associate with.. You know what you need to do now?!

Disappear!

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 10:28pm On Nov 09, 2014
iamord:


[s]Look here bastard child. I am the wrongest person you will ever quote. Who the 4k is this broke ass wankaster,an e- under achiever trying to flex muscles. That's how far you can go in life .. So you have failed in all spheres and this is your last resort A tout under bridge is even better than you. You are an e- tout and your aspirations will not pass being a virtual hooligan. The moment the free KB your service provider gave you finishes . You go off with it.. U feeling like one boi wey sabi yap.. The last time I saw your type was in junior secondary school.. So you know that you are so immature and retarded. and way in the past. You are living dead already cos by now time has left u behind.. U just need a pat at the back to send u to the grave. It won't be with my hands cos u dying a filthy broke ass mofo with an unmarked Grave.. The abestor on the ceiling of that scanty house untop drainage you in that has been marked For demolition is what would be Used to cover your stinking corpse.. They need to take your deeper into the forest..past the slain ebola patience.. Lest your sadistic life affects them in the after life... My mates are in high places..running things round the world and in your country.. Schooled in the best schools in your 4king country, in one of the nicest neighborhoods that you pensioner frustrated and rejected father can't afford..he is going to the grave with u but he will see u go down first cos right from birth yu have been a waste.. Why didn't u just die abiku Instead u chose to frustrate the broke ass man with you stupidity.. Now he is gonna watch u die first.. Your Destiny is for your remains to be used at luth for studies on the generation of saw dust brained nigerians.. But you sef ! Let's reason a bit. What can you contribute to nigeria?.. You can't even waste resources sef cos you can't afford the basic things on life.. U lucky air is free..else U would have been flapping like a fish on dry land.. I pop in your country.. Bleep your bitches. The Type that u cut out of the magazine that you stole in the process of crediting 20 naira puff puff and self-service all night long. I move with movers and shakers in your country that make you question god say why your destiny just get k-leg like this

Boy you are finished..adding a curse on you will be insult on injury cos you are curse it self.. The demons in the leigon man won't have space in you cos you filled up all ready. With demons that they can't associate with.. You know what you need to do now?!

Disappear![/s]
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 10:29pm On Nov 09, 2014
iamord:


[s]Look here bastard child. I am the wrongest person you will ever quote. Who the 4k is this broke ass wankaster,an e- under achiever trying to flex muscles. That's how far you can go in life .. So you have failed in all spheres and this is your last resort A tout under bridge is even better than you. You are an e- tout and your aspirations will not pass being a virtual hooligan. The moment the free KB your service provider gave you finishes . You go off with it.. U feeling like one boi wey sabi yap.. The last time I saw your type was in junior secondary school.. So you know that you are so immature and retarded. and way in the past. You are living dead already cos by now time has left u behind.. U just need a pat at the back to send u to the grave. It won't be with my hands cos u dying a filthy broke ass mofo with an unmarked Grave.. The abestor on the ceiling of that scanty house untop drainage you in that has been marked For demolition is what would be Used to cover your stinking corpse.. They need to take your deeper into the forest..past the slain ebola patience.. Lest your sadistic life affects them in the after life... My mates are in high places..running things round the world and in your country.. Schooled in the best schools in your 4king country, in one of the nicest neighborhoods that you pensioner frustrated and rejected father can't afford..he is going to the grave with u but he will see u go down first cos right from birth yu have been a waste.. Why didn't u just die abiku Instead u chose to frustrate the broke ass man with you stupidity.. Now he is gonna watch u die first.. Your Destiny is for your remains to be used at luth for studies on the generation of saw dust brained nigerians.. But you sef ! Let's reason a bit. What can you contribute to nigeria?.. You can't even waste resources sef cos you can't afford the basic things on life.. U lucky air is free..else U would have been flapping like a fish on dry land.. I pop in your country.. Bleep your bitches. The Type that u cut out of the magazine that you stole in the process of crediting 20 naira puff puff and self-service all night long. I move with movers and shakers in your country that make you question god say why your destiny just get k-leg like this

Boy you are finished..adding a curse on you will be insult on injury cos you are curse it self.. The demons in the leigon man won't have space in you cos you filled up all ready. With demons that they can't associate with.. You know what you need to do now?!

Disappear![/s]

Puhahahagagagaghihihichihi...i must have struck d nerves of an irredeemable sh.itgaynain idiot so bad he had to quote me a love story to calm his nerves grin Nobody can be as silly as you in one lifetime. This little b*rat is learning how to blab grin I laugh in kumasi grin grin grin

A little chihuahua intent on destroying its own tail?? I laugh ooo grin grin grin grin grin...This is delusion of extreme proportion that deserves urgent medical treatment. running around like a headless chicken, What a dvmb-fvck.

Yep, Iamord...d son of a demented masturbator, u won the internet most stup1d individual... grin...oya clap for urself... grin
firing tiny rockets on Diablos...like israel and palestine...ama pummel u tonite till u yell out genocide
A buffoon like u displaying his insecurities...hahaha...Nobody has time for this show of shame you are creating for yourself.

Sorry, you'll need to get a d1ck bigger than mine before you can squabble wit me. Learn from your parents' mistakes - use birth control! You are fugly! and that is a fact! U blackened, darkened recipee for the invention of wax polish grin

You are unreservedly pathetic, starved for attention, and lost in a land that reality forgot. It's not my fault that you look the way you do, u ogre looking crustacean...dont blame me, blame God. grin

Your entire life is not worth the blood your mother shed to push your waste of a self out. Ure a pure waste of sperm grin

I wonder how you still have the courage to log on into NL. I heard sh.itgaynains dont have internet access due to poverty

You spawn of Satan, if I were as fugly and black as you are, I would sue my parents. This irritant lizard headed bas.tard is so ugly even blind people scream when they see him. What a cheap a*ss slimy simpleton.

You are an old fool, i am very well aware of it. You are an epitome of stup1dity to me.
I have whooped your a*ss now and I'll do it again. Smacking dumb charleys of ur kind is not internet bullying, is called patroitism grin

There is no vaccine against stupidity. u are definitely going to die stup1d. Amen grin

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Scholes007(m): 11:03pm On Nov 09, 2014
Lol diablos easy na person pikin be dat...iamod am sorry if you hurt
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 11:13pm On Nov 09, 2014
Scholes007:
Lol diablos easy na person pikin be dat...iamod am sorry if you hurt

Am just playing wit the animal grin
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by MduZA: 5:14am On Nov 10, 2014
diablos:


mdullza, the most astonishing, recalcitrant, deaf and dumb illiterate from the southern hemisphere grin its appalling to think dat in the 21st century, when humans are evolving and people are getting wiser, antelopes like u are getting dumber and ur stvpidity is getting higher...

i used to think gaynians were d dumbest set of beings in the continent but u just proved to me that d descendants of chaka zulu are roasted brains who have nothing else to do wit dia god given heads dan fill dia membranes wit alcohol, tobacco and cheap skunk! ure a disgrace to south africans...read this link below about hiv/Aids in Safrica, u dumb, dull, dusty, deformed and deterring son of a schizophrenic rapist!

May d gods of ur ancestors visit ur lineage wit Alzheimer and cat-scratch disease if u quote ur creator! U vile, defiled debilitating bas-tard grin

[size=15pt]HIV/AIDS in South Africa
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/size]


Estimated HIV infection in Africa in 2007 shows high rates of infection in Southern Africa.
HIV/AIDS in South Africa is a prominent health concern; South Africa is believed to have more people with HIV/AIDS than any other country in the world.


The 2007 UNAIDS report estimated that 5,700,000 South Africans had HIV/AIDS, or just under 12% of South Africa's population of 48 million.[1] In the adult population the rate is 18.10%.[2] The number of infected is larger than in any other single country in the world. The other top five countries with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence are all neighbours of South Africa.

In 2007, only 28% of people in South Africa with advanced HIV/AIDS were receiving anti-retroviral treatment (ART). In 2004, 2005 and 2006 the figures were 4%, 15% and 21% respectively.[3] By 2009, nearly 1 million or about 2% of all adult South Africans were receiving ART.[4]

In 2010, an estimated 280,000 South Africans died of HIV/AIDS. In the aughts, it is estimated that between 42% and 47% of all deaths among South Africans were HIV/AIDS deaths.[5] However, the Death Notification Forms Survey of 2010, which estimates a 93% completion rate, shows that out of a total of 543,856 deaths nationwide (Appendix C4), only 18,325 deaths were attributed to HIV/AIDS Diseases (B20-B24, Table 4.5). [6]

Although new infections among mature age groups in South Africa remain high, new infections among teenagers seem to be on the decline. HIV/AIDS prevalence figures in the 15–19 year age group for 2005, 2006 and 2007 were 16%, 14% and 13% respectively.[7]

Contents [hide]
1 Prevalence
1.1 By race
1.2 By gender
1.3 By pregnant women
1.4 By age
1.5 By province
2 Economic impact
3 Awareness campaigns
4 Co-infection with tuberculosis
5 History of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
5.1 1985
5.2 1990
5.3 1993
5.4 1995
5.5 1996
5.6 1997
5.7 1999
5.8 2000
5.9 2001
5.10 2002
6 Demographics
7 AIDS denialism in South Africa
7.1 2000
7.2 2001
7.3 2003
7.4 2006
7.5 2007
7.6 2013
8 The role of the media in South Africa's epidemic
9 See also
10 References
11 Further reading
12 External links
Prevalence[edit]
The Human Sciences Research Council, a South African institution, estimates 10.9% of all South Africans have HIV/AIDS.[8] Additionally, the Central Intelligence Agency estimates that 310,000 individuals died in South Africa from HIV/AIDS in the year 2009.[2] The rising prevalence rate has increased from 10.6% in 2008 to 12.2% in 2012. In 2012 alone, the Human Science Research Council (HSRC), reported 470,000 new diagnoses -- or nearly 1,100 new infections every day. That's 100,000 more than was seen just one year earlier in 2011. Driving these statistics is the decreasing, rather than increasing, public knowledge about HIV. According the HSRC report, only 26.8% of the 38,000 people surveyed understood how HIV was transmitted or ways to prevent it. That's down from 30.3% in 2008, with evidence showing that South Africans under 50 are having an increasing number of sexual partners and lower condom use.

By race[edit]
Main article: HIV/AIDS in South African townships
A 2008 study revealed that HIV/AIDS infection in South Africa is distinctly divided along racial lines: 13.6% of black Africans in South Africa are HIV-positive, whereas only 0.3% of whites living in South Africa have the disease.[9] False traditional beliefs about HIV/AIDS, which contribute to the spread of the disease, persist in townships due to the lack of education and awareness programmes in these regions. Sexual violence and local attitudes toward HIV/AIDS have also amplified the epidemic.

By gender[edit]
HIV/AIDS is more prevalent among female adults under the age of 40 in nearly all age groups. Roughly 4 in every 5 people with HIV/AIDS aged 20–24 are women, and only one third of people with HIV/AIDS aged 25–29 are men. Although prevalence is higher among women in general, only 1 in every 6 HIV/AIDS infected people with multiple sex partners are women.

By pregnant women[edit]
HIV prevalence among pregnant women is highest in the populous KwaZulu-Natal province (37%), and lowest in the Western Cape (13%), Northern Cape (16%) and Limpopo (18%) provinces. In the five other provinces (Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and North West) at least 26% of women attending antenatal clinics in 2006 tested HIV-positive.

The latest HIV data collected at antenatal clinics suggest that HIV infection levels might be levelling off, with HIV prevalence in pregnant women at 30% in 2007, 29% in 2006, and 28% in 2007. The decrease in the percentage of young pregnant women (15–24 years) found to be infected with HIV also suggests a possible decline in the annual number of new infections.[10]

By age[edit]
Between 2005 and 2008, the number of older teenagers with HIV/AIDS has nearly halved.[8] Between 2002 and 2008, prevalence among South Africans over 20 years old have increased whereas the figure for those under 20 years old have dropped somewhat over the same period.[8]

Condom use is highest among the youth and lowest among old people. More than 80% of men and more than 70% of women under 25 years old use condoms, and slightly more than half of men and women aged 25–49 claim to use condoms.[8]

More than 30% of young adults and more than 80% of older adults know the truth about HIV/AIDS. Knowledge about HIV/AIDS is lowest among people older than 50 years—less than two thirds know the truth about the disease.[8]

By province[edit]
Further information: HIV/AIDS in South African townships
In 2008, more than half (55%) of all South Africans infected with HIV reside in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces.[11]

Between 2005 and 2008, the total number of people infected with HIV/AIDS have increased in all of South Africa's provinces except KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Nevertheless, KwaZulu-Natal still has the highest infection rate at 15.5% In the province with the lowest infection rate, the Western Cape, the total number of people with HIV/AIDS doubled between 2005 and 2008.[8]

Condom use has increased twofold in all provinces between 2002 and 2008. The two provinces where condoms were least used in 2002 were also the provinces where condoms are least used in 2008, namely the Northern Cape and the Western Cape.[8]

HIV/AIDS prevalence among sexually active South Africans by province are:

KwaZulu-Natal: 25.8%
Mpumalanga: 23.1%
Free State: 18.5%
North West: 17.7%
Gauteng: 15.2%
Eastern Cape: 15.2%
Limpopo: 13.7%
Northern Cape: 9.2%
Western Cape: 5.3%
Economic impact[edit]
The comparison done in 2003 of the results from four forecasting methods predicted the difference between an HIV/AIDS scenario versus a no-HIV/AIDS scenario for annual growth rates between 2002 and 2015.[12] According to the study, real growth in GDP would be 0.6 percentage points lower than if there were no HIV/AIDS, but per-capita growth in GDP would be 0.9 percentage points higher. Growth in population would have been 1.5 percentage points lower, and growth of the labour force would be 1.2 percentage points lower, but the unemployment rate would be 0.9 percentage points lower as well.

The South African branch of the company Daimler-Chrysler estimated that in 2002 expenses related to HIV/AIDS were equivalent to 4% of all its salaries in South Africa.[13] A study done in 2000 by South Africa's second largest company, Sasol, indicated that 15% of its local workforce was HIV positive, of which 11% had AIDS.[14] According to the CEO of South Africa's largest company, SAB Miller, the cost of HIV/AIDS include costs associated with increased absenteeism, reduced productivity, increased turnover, and healthcare costs.[15]

Awareness campaigns[edit]
The four main HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns in South Africa are Khomanani (funded by the government), LoveLife (primarily privately funded), Soul City (a television drama for adults) and Soul Buddyz (a television series for teenagers).[16] Soul City and Soul Buddyz are the most successful campaigns although both campaigns experienced a slight loss of effectiveness between 2005 and 2008. Khomanani is the least successful campaign, although its effectiveness has increased by more than 50% between 2005 and 2008.

The dubious quality of condoms which are distributed is a setback to these efforts. In 2007, the government recalled more than 20 million locally manufactured condoms which were defective. Some of the contraceptive devices given away at the ANC's centenary celebrations in 2012 failed the water test conducted by the Treatment Action Campaign.[17]

Co-infection with tuberculosis[edit]
In 2007, it was estimated that one third of HIV infected people will develop TB (tuberculosis) in their lifetime. Although not all patients with TB are tested for HIV, in 2006, some 40% of TB patients were tested for HIV. It has been the government policy since 2002 to cross-check all new cases of TB for HIV infection.[18]

Although STI prevention is part of the government's HIV/AIDS programmes, as it is in that of most countries, in South Africa HIV/AIDS prevention is done in conjunction with TB prevention. Most patients who die from HIV-related causes die from TB or similar illnesses. In fact the Health Department's programme of prevention is called the "National HIV and AIDS and TB Programme".[19] In line with United Nations requirements, South Africa has also drawn up an "HIV & AIDS and STI Strategic Plan".[20]

History of HIV/AIDS in South Africa[edit]
In 1983, AIDS was diagnosed for the first time in two patients in South Africa.[21] The first recorded death owing to AIDS occurred in 1983.[21] By 1986, there were 46 recorded AIDS diagnoses. Estimates from 2000 indicated that 5% of actual infections and only 1% of actual deaths due to AIDS were reported prior to 1990. Prior to 1990, AIDS was more common among homosexual people. By 1990, less than 1% of South Africans had AIDS. By 1996, the figure stood at around 3% and by 1999 the figure had reached 10%.[22] AIDS infection started reaching pandemic proportions around 1995.[23]

1985[edit]
In 1985, the South African government set up the country’s first AIDS Advisory Group.

1990[edit]
In 1990 the first national antenatal survey to test for HIV found that 0.8% of pregnant women were HIV-positive. It was estimated that there were between 74,000 and 6,500,135 people in South Africa living with HIV. Antenatal surveys have subsequently been carried out annually.

1993[edit]
In 1993 the HIV prevalence rate among pregnant women was 4.3%. By 1993 the National Health Department reported that the number of recorded HIV infections had increased by 60% in the previous two years and the number was expected to double in 1993.

1995[edit]
In August 1995, the Department of Health awarded a R14.27 million contract to produce a sequel to the musical, Sarafina, about AIDS that would reach young people.[24] The project was dogged by controversy, and was finally shelved in 1996.[25]

From 6–10 March 1995, the 7th International Conference for People Living with HIV and AIDS was held in Cape Town, South Africa.[26] The conference was opened by then-Deputy President Thabo Mbeki.[27]

1996[edit]
In January 1996 it was decided that South Africa's national soccer team, Bafana-Bafana, would contribute to the AIDS Awareness Campaign by wearing red ribbons to all their public appearances during the African Nations Cup.[28]

On 5 July 1996,[29] South Africa's health minister Nkosazana Zuma spoke at the 11th International Conference on AIDS in Vancouver. She said:

Most people infected with HIV live in Africa, where therapies involving combinations of expensive anti-viral drugs are out of the question.[30]
1997[edit]
In February 1997, South African government's Health Department defended its support for the controversial AIDS drug Virodene by stating that "the `cocktails' that are available [for the treatment of HIV/AIDS] are way beyond the means of most patients [even from developed countries]".[31] Parliament had previously launched an investigation into the procedural soundness of the clinical trials for the drug.[32]

1999[edit]
In 1999 the South African HIV prevention campaign loveLife is founded.

2000[edit]
In 2000 the Department of Health outlined a five-year plan to combat AIDS, HIV and STIs. A National AIDS Council (SANAC) was set up to oversee these developments.

2001[edit]
The South African government successfully defended against a legal action brought by transnational pharmaceutical companies in April 2001 of a law that would allow cheaper locally-produced medicines, including anti-retrovirals, although the government's roll-out of anti-retrovirals remained generally slow.

In 2001, Right to Care, an NGO dedicated to the prevention and treatment of HIV and associated diseases, was founded. Using USAID's PEPFAR funding, the organisation expanded rapidly and after ten years (2011) had over 125 000 HIV-positive patients in clinical care.

2002[edit]
In 2002 South Africa's High Court ordered the government[citation needed] to make the drug nevirapine available to pregnant women to help prevent mother to child transmission of HIV, following campaigns by Treatment Action Campaign and others.

Demographics[edit]
According to the National HIV and Syphilis Antenatal Sero-prevalence Survey of 2005[33] and 2007,[34] the percentage of pregnant women with HIV per year was as follows:

Year: 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 [35]
Percentage: 0.7 1.7 2.2 4.0 7.6 10.4 14.2 17.0 22.8 22.4 24.5 24.8 26.5 27.9 29.5 30.2 29.1 28.0 29.3 29.4 30.2 29.5
According to a 2006 study by The South African Department of Health, 13.3% of 9,950 Africans that were included in the poll had HIV. Out of 1,173 whites, 0.6% had HIV.[36] These numbers are confirmed in a 2008 study by the Human Sciences Research Council that found a 13.6% infection rate among Africans, 1.7% among Coloreds, 0.3% among Indians, and 0.3% among Whites.[dubious – discuss][37]

In 2007, it was estimated that between 4.9 and 6.6 million of South Africa's 48 million people of all ages were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which is the virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).[38]

AIDS denialism in South Africa[edit]
See also HIV/AIDS denialism in South Africa.
2000[edit]
On 9 July 2000, then President Thabo Mbeki opened the International AIDS Conference in Durban with a speech not about HIV or AIDS but about extreme poverty in Africa. In the speech, he confirmed his belief that immune deficiency is a big problem in Africa but that one can't possibly attribute all immune deficiency related diseases to a single virus.[39][40]

On 4 September 2000, Thabo Mbeki acknowledged during an interview with Time Magazine (South African edition) that HIV can cause AIDS but confirmed his opinion that HIV should not be regarded as the sole cause of immune deficiency. He said:

...the notion that immune deficiency is only acquired from a single virus cannot be sustained. Once you say immune deficiency is acquired from that virus, your response will be anti-retroviral drugs. But if you accept that there can be a variety of reasons ... then you can have a more comprehensive treatment response.[41][42]
On 20 September 2000, then President Thabo Mbeki responded to a question in Parliament about his views. He said:

All HIV/AIDS programmes of this government are based on the thesis that HIV causes AIDS. [But...] can a virus cause a syndrome? ... It can't, because a syndrome is a group of diseases resulting from acquired immune deficiency. Indeed, HIV contributes [to the collapse of the immune system], but other things contribute as well.[43]
2001[edit]
In 2001 the government appointed a panel of scientists, including a number of AIDS denialists, to report back on the issue. The report suggested alternative treatments for HIV/AIDS, but the South African government responded that unless alternative scientific proof is obtained, it will continue to base its policy on the idea that the cause of AIDS is HIV.[44]

2003[edit]
Despite international drug companies offering free or cheap anti-retroviral drugs, the Health Ministry remained hesitant about providing treatment for people living with HIV. Only in November 2003 did the government approve a plan to make anti-retroviral treatment publicly available. Prior to 2003, South Africans with HIV who used the public sector health system could get treatment for opportunistic infections but could not get anti-retrovirals.[36]

2006[edit]
The effort to improve treatment of HIV/AIDS was damaged by the attitude of many figures in the government, including President Mbeki. The then health minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, advocated a diet of garlic, olive oil and lemon to cure the disease.[45] Although many scientists and political figures called for her removal, she was not removed from office until Mbeki himself was removed from office.[46] These policies led to the deaths of over 300,000 South Africans.[47]

2007[edit]
In August 2007, President Mbeki and Health Minister Tshabalala-Msimang dismissed Deputy Health Minister Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge. Madlala-Routledge has been widely credited by medical professionals and AIDS activists.[48] Although she was officially dismissed for corruption, it was widely held that she was dismissed for her more mainstream beliefs about AIDS and its relation with HIV.[49]

2013[edit]
The United States announced in March, 2013 that their support to South Africa will be cut in half by 2017 due to the economic crisis and compulsory budget cuts.[50]

It could be claimed that the news media have taken a less aggressive stance since the end of Mbeki’s presidency and the death of Tshabalala Msimang. The emergence of Jacob Zuma as party and state leader heralded what the press saw as a new era of AIDS treatment.[56] However, this also means that HIV is afforded less news coverage. A recent study by the HIV/AIDS and the Media Project has shown that the quantity of HIV-related news coverage has declined dramatically from 2002/3 (what could be considered the pinnacle of government denialism) to the more recent “conflict resolution” phase under Zuma. Perhaps HIV has fallen into the traditional categories of being impersonal, undramatic, "old" news.[52] The number of health journalists has also declined considerably.[57]


hey Wiseman,this essay is irrelevant...give me the current stats in Benue state,a 4
million population with over 1million people living with HIv
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by MduZA: 6:02am On Nov 10, 2014
Scholes007:

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the total number of HIV patients in the world stands at 32-36 million in 2014...and if Benue state has 1 million going by ur statistics Nigeria has 36 million patients right?...my frnd i still challenge to go check your source...yes Nigeria had 500,000 increase in the last 5 year but it is not as you quoted. By population ratio it is too small...Ghana also had an increase which is higher compared to population ratio


I encourage you to research the current state affairs in Benue state.....
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by CyracksMrBlogger(m): 7:40am On Nov 10, 2014
watchindelta:
i see noting there, is only how u ppl are suffering is what i saw there cheesy grin grin grin village boi grin grin
hehehehe truth hurts. Deep inside you, you know the truth. Ghana is a more serious country than Nigeria. That's why Nigerians are going to Ghana to school. Have you heard any Ghanian going to Nigeria to school? Keep fulling urself with your comedy country in the next 10 years you will regret why u are a Nigerian.

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Kingbritt(m): 8:51am On Nov 10, 2014
diablos:


Another victim of sunburn and poverty...caustic, rusty degenerating, masturbating bas.tard, f00lishness in sh-itgayna is an inheritance, i just wonder how many f00ls in ur lineage placed dis curse of stvpidity on ur wretched soul grin Ur case is rare because no amount of deliverance can redeem u frm illiteracy grin sh.ithead, mumugaynain...even ur President Mahama was so stvpid dat he went begging wit his plastic plate in a godforsaken country like niger republic grin. say hi to ur mumu parents below for me grin
Soo na for ur akanmu mind dis pisures are ghanaians eerrh kikikikikikikiki ma guy u foool waaaa..!!

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Kingbritt(m): 8:52am On Nov 10, 2014
Scholes007:
Lol diablos easy na person pikin be dat...iamod am sorry if you hurt
Shut up your filthy mouth..!!
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 9:12am On Nov 10, 2014
MduZA:



hey Wiseman,this essay is irrelevant...give me the current stats in Benue state,a 4
million population with over 1million people living with HIv

Sharaaap!!! U django re-chained, retarded, xenophobic slave. A god 4saken, dolt id1ot! Silly dvmb fvck wit no future ambition.

Sh1t heads like u have nothin to offer so we have nothin 2 discuss. Even god in heaven knws SAfricans are d Insignia of HIV/AIDS. D whole universe including d multiple planets in d milky way are quite aware of u fvcks hiv status! Shiii even aliens wont abduct u SAfricans cuz of ur multiple viral loads.

I hope uve taken ur antiretroviral drugs dis morning seeing ure hell bent on xposing ur HIV status on dis topic. Mumu!

Nigeria is a huge joke in d rate of hiv infections compared 2 dat death trap of urs. Bloody, cursed...useless soweto bas.tard
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 9:20am On Nov 10, 2014
Kingbritt:

Soo na for ur akanmu mind dis pisures are ghanaians eerrh kikikikikikikiki ma guy u foool waaaa..!!

Ure a detterring anomaly...a pure blooded slowpoke. Charcoal darkened, product of demonic rituals.

World class f00ls of ur calibre are supposed 2 be shot on sight to avoid d spread of stvpidity around d globe.

Ure a true definition of a waste of sperm, ur father deserves 2 be beheaded for siring d watery fluid dat mired d rotten ovaries of ur mad mothers mammary glands 2 create a diabolic tabboo dat has become u grin
Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by Kingbritt(m): 10:26am On Nov 10, 2014
diablos:


Ure a detterring anomaly...a pure blooded slowpoke. Charcoal darkened, product of demonic rituals.

World class f00ls of ur calibre are supposed 2 be shot on sight to avoid d spread of stvpidity around d globe.

Ure a true definition of a waste of sperm, ur father deserves 2 be beheaded for siring d watery fluid dat mired d rotten ovaries of ur mad mothers mammary glands 2 create a diabolic tabboo dat has become u grin
Hahahahaha dude is duh de only lines uve got..?
Ur really becoming boring with ur usuall black chacoal bla bla bla bla bla..
Meanwhile i'am an albino compared to ur goodluck grin

Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by MduZA: 11:31am On Nov 10, 2014
diablos:


Sharaaap!!! U django re-chained, retarded, xenophobic slave. A god 4saken, dolt id1ot! Silly dvmb fvck wit no future ambition.

Sh1t heads like u have nothin to offer so we have nothin 2 discuss. Even god in heaven knws SAfricans are d Insignia of HIV/AIDS. D whole universe including d multiple planets in d milky way are quite aware of u fvcks hiv status! Shiii even aliens wont abduct u SAfricans cuz of ur multiple viral loads.

I hope uve taken ur antiretroviral drugs dis morning seeing ure hell bent on xposing ur HIV status on dis topic. Mumu!

Nigeria is a huge joke in d rate of hiv infections compared 2 dat death trap of urs. Bloody, cursed...useless soweto bas.tard

lol....its difficult for me to come to your level,you inherited this kind of talk ,you will pass it to your kids ... Nigerian culture

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Re: Nigeria Vs Ghana: Friendly (1 - 0) - Live by diablos: 11:43am On Nov 10, 2014
Kingbritt:

Hahahahaha dude is duh de only lines i got..?
Am really becoming boring with my usuall black chacoal bla bla bla bla bla..
Meanwhile i'am an albino compared to iamord below grin

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