David Mabuza tells South Africans to stop stigmatising people with HIV

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Deputy president David Mabuza said the main contributing factor for SA not reaching its targets in combating HIV remains the challenge of stigma and discrimination.

Mabuza was addressing hundreds of scientists and researchers at the closing plenary of the 9th SA National Aids Conference at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in Durban on Friday.

Mabuza said that SA‚ which has one of the highest rates of HIV infections in the world‚ has about 7.4 million HIV-positive citizens.

 

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