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Task team hand Aids plan to health minister
Sapa
2003-10-02

An Aids treatment plan, which includes the provision of anti-retroviral drugs at state health facilities, was presented to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon. She is to present it to Cabinet, said Anthony MBewu, who headed the task team that drew up the plan. The Cabinet would take a final decision on how the roll-out will occur, he added. The team was appointed last month after a Cabinet decision. They drew up the operational plan with the help of staff of the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation of the United States. The drafting included visits to all nine provinces to assess provincial plans and preparedness. Earlier this month, Ira Magaziner, chairperson of the Clinton Foundation's Aids initiative, told reporters that if Cabinet approved the plan, it would be possible to introduce it almost immediately. That did not mean all people in need of antiretrovirals would get them straight away though, he added. We congratulate the task team for completing its task within the deadline as set by Cabinet. (Source: Sapa September 30 2003 )

An Aids treatment plan, which includes the provision of anti-retroviral drugs at state health facilities, was presented to Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang in Pretoria on Tuesday afternoon.

She is to present it to Cabinet, said Anthony MBewu, who headed the task team that drew up the plan. The Cabinet would take a final decision on how the roll-out will occur, he added. The team was appointed last month after a Cabinet decision.

They drew up the operational plan with the help of staff of the William Jefferson Clinton Foundation of the United States. The drafting included visits to all nine provinces to assess provincial plans and preparedness.

The process has gone smoothly, MBewu told Sapa.

Earlier this month, Ira Magaziner, chairperson of the Clinton Foundation's Aids initiative, told reporters that if Cabinet approved the plan, it would be possible to introduce it almost immediately. That did not mean all people in need of antiretrovirals would get them straight away though, he added.The plan would outline the roll-out week by week, Magaziner said.

The New National Party (NNP) called on the government to expedite the further consideration of the plan and to deal with it as a matter of urgency. Every day without anti-retroviral treatment means loss of more lives, NNP spokesperson on health Kobus Gous said.

We congratulate the task team for completing its task within the deadline as set by Cabinet. (Source: Sapa, September 30 2003)

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