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AIDS plan under discussion within days

    JOHANNESBURG

    South Africa's cabinet could consider a national plan for HIV/AIDS treatment in state hospitals within days, government spokesman Joel Netshitenzhe has said.

    He said the health department was still preparing documents regarding the plan for submission to cabinet.

    A task team of local and international experts, including members of the Clinton Foundation's AIDS Initiative, presented the proposed plan to the Ministry of Health early in October.

    Netshitenzhe was quoted by the South African Press Association (SAPA) as saying: "It is expected that the documents will be ready for submission in the next few days, in which case the cabinet secretariat would consider the possibility of convening a special cabinet meeting to consider the matter."

    Netshitenzhe said this was an indication of how urgent the government deemed the matter to be.

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