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Africa criminalises aids News

Africa is criminalising HIV-AIDS sufferers with new laws

MAPUTO, 1 December 2008. PLUS-news, the UN's sponsored news agency, reports that Africa, the continent hardest hit by the HIV-AIDS pandemic, is increasingly adopting laws criminalising people with HIV+ status.

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