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Voices | We still await a vaccine for HIV, but we must appreciate how much one pill a day has changed the lives of so many, with more than 70% of the 7.8 million people in South Africa living with HIV now receiving treatment

Wednesday was a reminder of how much stigma still surrounds the virus 40 years since it was first detected.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism.

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