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Parliament to act against HIV/AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG
    The Mozambican parliament has created a special body to monitor the government's progress on HIV/AIDS. A subcommittee to the assembly's Social Affairs Commission has been set up "to create a means for the parliament to better define its role in the fight against HIV/AIDS", local news agency AIM quoted a parliamentary official, Isau Meneses, as saying. The commission will be working closely with the National Council for the Fight Against AIDS (CNCS) to educate members of parliament on the disease. The official added that trade unionists would be meeting with the government initiative to hear complaints on discrimination against HIV-positive workers, as some employers were still demanding compulsory HIV testing in job applications.

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