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AIDS treatment programme extended in Western Cape

    JOHANNESBURG

    The Western Cape is ready to extend its anti-AIDS treatment programme to include every child under the age of 14 who needs treatment, the South African Press Association reported.

    The province has been acknowledged as having one of South Africa's most effective antiretroviral therapy programmes.

    Western Cape Premier Marthinus van Schalkwyk said: "This milestone has been made possible partly because of the success of our prevention of mother-to-child-transmission programme, which has reduced HIV transmission from HIV-positive mothers to their babies to approximately eight percent in the Western Cape."

    Van Schalkwyk said around 700 children were already receiving treatment.

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