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AIDS treatment plea at President's door

    JOHANNESBURG

    HIV-positive Zimbabweans and AIDS activists have taken their struggle for better treatment to President Robert Mugabe's doorstep.

    According to the daily Standard newspaper, this step followed a recent petition for the government to regard the pandemic as a matter of urgency.

    Activists also charged they were slighted on World AIDS Day when the government elected to discuss the national budget rather than acknowledging the hurdles encountered by HIV-positive people trying to access antiretroviral drugs.

    Mary Sandasi, director of the NGO, Women's AIDS Support Network, noted: "Such actions as to have a major gathering taking place in [the capital], Harare, on such a big day clearly showed a disregard of the plight of people living with AIDS in Zimbabwe."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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