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University AIDS programmes under discussion

    JOHANNESBURG

    The results of an audit on HIV/AIDS programmes at South African tertiary institutions will highlight weaknesses in some of the poorer universities, a local newspaper, Business Day, reports.

    Conducted by the Higher Education HIV and AIDS Programme, the audit also looked at how HIV/AIDS programmes were being integrated into the university curriculum.

    Director of the audit Barbara Michel said: "Many students are away from home for the first time and are exposed to social issues that they've not had to deal with before, and haven't necessarily engaged with being responsible [adults]."

    University vice-chancellors are expected to meet in Johannesburg on Monday to discuss the way forward in closing gaps in the programmes, and the extent to which universities should care for students living with HIV/AIDS.

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